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Using Science to Optimize Sleep, Learning & Metabolism

Huberman Lab

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Sleep Is an Extension of the Awake State

Study found that if subjects smelled an odor or heard a tone while learning, rates of learning and retention of information was significantly greater. This means that you can cue the subconscious brain to learn particular things better and faster. If you want to remember your dreams better, set your alarms so that you wake up in the middle of one of these 90 minute cycles which tend to be occupied almost exclusively by rem sleep.

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