Hypnopedia (Noun)
Meaning
Teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Hypnopedia is a technique of teaching during sleep, where recordings are played to help individuals learn new information.
- The educator tried hypnopedia to teach her students a foreign language while they slept, but the results were inconclusive.
- Hypnopedia has been shown to be effective in reinforcing learning, especially for remembering mundane tasks and simple facts.
- One company specialized in hypnopedia, providing audio recordings to help people learn new skills while they slept.
- Researchers studied the effectiveness of hypnopedia for learning new languages, but found it was more of a novelty than a reliable teaching method.