Study finds sleep helps with learning new language

NEW DELHI: Getting those eight hours of sleep can have linguistic benefits, according to a study that found it helped adults speak a new language.

While one sleeps, the brain is known to integrate or ‘consolidate’ information learnt during the day with previous knowledge to file it for long-term storage.

Researchers, led by those at the University of South Australia, tracked brain activity in 35 native English-speaking adults as they were learning a miniature language called ‘Mini Pinyin’, which is based on Mandarin but has grammatical rules similar to English.

Source: PTI News

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