Turn On the TV During Sleep Makes Better Memory

Sleeping with the lights turned out to television or radio can help improve your recall abilities. Studies say that the sounds that enter the brain will reinforce the memory when awakened.

In a study that links between the sounds or sounds with memories, researchers from Northwestern University in Chicago found that the sound that goes into a deep sleep to strengthen the spatial memory or memory space in the brain. 

 

Researchers gave an impression on a screen that contains 50 objects of the participants before falling asleep. After participants' sleep, researchers gave some kind of sound like the sound of cats and other sounds. When sound was played, participants can not hear because it is in deep sleep phase or inside.

The result, after the participants woke up, they could do with a very good memory test. They can remember the location of the object in the screen and memorize more and more objects than other participants who are not exposed to sound during sleep.

"This study proves that a person's brain will continue to work when sleeping. Phase phase of deep sleep is very important to remember something," said John Rudoy, a researcher who participated in the study, as reported HealthDay.

"When I sleep, the brain will process whatever happens on that day. What did he eat, that he watched television broadcasts, people he encounters, it all comes back when sleeping," said Ken Paller, professor and psychologist from Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern. 

But who determines that memory reactivated or not is our own. The most memorable incident occurred several hours earlier and is the most easily played back in bed. The study is published in the journal Science and used as the basis to become an alternative treatment for those who have a problem in memory. 

"The conclusion was that the memory will be processed during sleep. Although we still do not understand fully the process of what actually happens in the brain that makes memories stronger when there are sounds, but it's certainly worth a try if someone wants to have a strong memory," said Paller.