Oddbean new post about login | logout @8599d6ab Related to the Kekule story, mostly hypnogogia: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj5866 Hypnopompia is even less understood/studied. #Sleep #REM #Dreams #Neuroscience #N1
@02ecde16 Fascinating! Participants (N = 103) were exposed to mathematical problems without knowing that a hidden rule allowed solving them almost instantly. We found that spending at least 15 s in N1 during a resting period tripled the chance to discover the hidden rule (83% versus 30% when participants remained awake), and this effect vanished if subjects reached deeper sleep. Our findings suggest that there is a creative sweet spot within the sleep-onset period …