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In the 1960s sleep was considered by many to be a waste of time so it was then the fashion to make use of these so-called ‘lost hours’ by learning a skill or foreign language. Those who introduced this believed that the brain had nothing better to do, so it would respond well to hypnotic suggestions. Sleep learning, as it was called, entailed listening to an instruction tape, while asleep, in order to acquire knowledge.

Results from this did not prove positive. Any facts learned in sleep faded from memory just as quickly as those learned when awake and, in addition to this, many who practised it found they could not concentrate during the day. Eventually, this form of learning was described as a form of brainwashing which deprived and inhibited spontaneous dreaming. It was, therefore, dropped.