Can Listening to Foreign Vocabulary While Sleeping Help You Memorize Better?

Our first question to day comes from katy, who writes, dear john and hank, i've heard a lot of people say that if you listen to something while you sleep, you'll remember better. Research published in the journals cerebral cortex by the swiss national science foundation claims that listening to newly learned foreign vocabulary while sleeping can help solidify the memory of the words. John: "It's not going to help a ton, but it might help a little bit" Hank: "I think we might have to stop reading corrections on this blodcas so it doesn't become rhank and pedantry"