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It’s Possible to Learn in Our Sleep. Should We? | The New Yorker

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Learning while sleeping had long been relegated to the realm of quackery, but new studies suggest that we may be able to problem-solve and practice skills in our dreams.

Save this story Save this story In 1932, the inventor Alois Benjamin Saliger patented the Psycho-phone, a phonograph hooked up to a timer which could play recordings while a person was asleep. The audio could be heard at his dimly lit office on Lafayette Street, in Lower Manhattan. In one recording, titled “Prosperity,” Saliger intoned, “I have complete confidence in the Psycho-phone. It lulls me to sleep, but my unconscious mind hears and is deeply impressed by these affirmations. Money wants me and comes to me.” In another, titled “Mating,” he declared, “I radiate love. I have a fascinating

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