Learning in Dreams. Is it possible?

We can most definitely learn things in our dreams.

I learned how to drive in my dreams.
When I was about 14-15, I kept having dreeams of driving, but i had never driven before.
After a week or two so of this, I asked my mom to let me drive on a back country road, and she let me..
and it was just like i had been doing it for awhile... because i had! in my dreams. lol

But i used everything i felt/learned in my dreams, and it was like a normal activity.
That was learning to drive automatic. lol

Then about 5 years ago, i learned how to drive a standard...
and that to, also came to me in my dreams,
I had tried a couple times previously, without much luck, lol..
I just couldnt get the timing perfect.

Then I started to dream about doing it,
and did this for a week or so,
then the next time I tried to drive standard..
it was like id been doing it for some time, and felt soo easy. lol

There are other occasions where i have dreamed of doing things, and then went out and did them,..
and dreaming of them before hand made them soo much easier to grasp.


and lately...
for the past couple of years..
I am constantly in some kind of flying machine in my dreams..
often "piloting" it...

Perhaps that comes next... lol

If so, I will have had "lots of experience" doing so. [in my dreams]. lol

We can learn a LOT from our dreams...

Dreams are not just 'dreams''...

Well, if you think about it, all the top stars are taught how to visualize well, to help them perform better. Dreams are one of the most powerful form of visualization we can do really. Makes perfect sense to me.

I've done alittle more digging around on this subject, "learning In Dreams...Is It Possible?" and I've managed to find a news report (from bbc news no less) dated 23rd April 2010, answering this very question:

Napping after learning something new could help you commit it to memory - as long as you dream, scientists say.

They found people who dream about a new task perform it better on waking than those who do not sleep or do not dream.

Volunteers were asked to learn the layout of a 3D computer maze so they could find their way within the virtual space several hours later. Those allowed to take a nap and who also remembered dreaming of the task, found their way to a landmark quicker.

The researchers think the dreams are a sign that unconscious parts of the brain are working hard to process information about the task.

Dr Robert Stickgold of Harvard Medical School, one of the authors of the paper, said dreams may be a marker that the brain is working on the same problem at many levels. He said: "The dreams might reflect the brain's attempt to find associations for the memories that could make them more useful in the future."

Study tips Co-author Dr Erin Wamsley said the study suggests our non-conscious brain works on the things that it deems are most important. "Every day we are gathering and encountering tremendous amounts of information and new experiences," she said. "It would seem that our dreams are asking the question, 'How do I use this information to inform my life?" The research, published in the academic journal Cell Biology, could have practical implications.

The scientists say there may be ways to take advantage of this phenomenon for improving learning and memory. For example, students might be better studying hard before bedtime, or taking a nap after a period of afternoon study.

Source:
Dreams 'can help with learning'

I know your really talking about learning in dreams as opposed to learning from dreaming...but still quite fitting

depends on your definition of learning. i have learned of tthings in my dream, but had to look it up after i woke. but i didnt learn its information, just its existance. i have had dreams of places and things i will dk tomorrow, but not in 100% detail.

wierd tho, as this morning i woke feeling as if i had learned. numbers run through my head as i sleep alot.

Excuse me for being so blunt, but I'm rather astonished this could even be a question. I have a question for you: Do you have vivid dreams regularly?

I ask because of the way I understand my dreams. If they are dull, then I don't expect to learn much from them. The more vivid and intense, the more knowledge/life lessons can be extracted from them. I have some dull dreams, some vivid dreams, and some uber vivid, multi-dimensional, bizarre, wicked cool dreams where it's packed full of layers & layers of riddles + levels of "training" to be experienced. I've had dozens of dreams that have definitely expanded my perspective in the real world, and has lead to greater working memory & abstract reasoning capabilities, and also greatly improved affect.

reply to post by unityemissions


Yeah well the question was just to fill the headline space. The story is the main concern. I have very vivid dreams as well, but they are less frequent than the non vivid. I am more than aware of how dreams can teach and convey messages, but this experience I had was undoubtedly a rare case. Say a man goes to bed fretting about his marriage and wakes up with the answer to solve it, as opposed to the the man who goes to bed unable to ride a bike and wakes up able to ride the bike like he has been for years. The second case is what I am talking about.

I've been shown things in my dreams and even lectured, geesh! I think we are always being helped on a spiritual level. And sometimes we dream about what bothers us. I know when I sincerely want a question answered, I'm shown the answer. When I was younger I dreamt of gallons of orange juice. I guess I was low on potassium or something. Wasn't Stephen Hawking shown in a dream that black holes are made of light?

reply to post by allourep


You need to check out Troy Hurtubise and his inventions.

He says he invented his machine that sees through walls in a reoccurring dream.

News report

Google results