{"id":14694,"date":"2020-02-03T01:33:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T01:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=14694"},"modified":"2020-02-03T01:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T01:33:10","slug":"scents-during-sleep-may-boost-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sleep\/scents-during-sleep-may-boost-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Scents During Sleep May Boost Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What if you could boost your memory or other learning during sleep just by sniffing certain odors? There\u2019s new evidence that doing so might improve exam performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Sleep, scent and learning<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new study published in the journal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scientific Reports<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> seems to indicate that certain fragrances can be used to target memory and learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The study included 54 participants\u2014all German six-graders\u2014who kept rose-scented sticks near them while studying English vocabulary in their home environment. A week later, the group was divided into four parts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Group #1 had no exposure to any scents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Group #2 sniffed the rose scent at home and during the test at school.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Group #3 sniffed the rose scent at home and every night during sleep before the test but NOT during the test.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Group #4 sniffed the rose scent at home, every night during sleep before the text AND during the test.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The results showed groups #3 and #4 did \u201csignificantly better\u201d on the test compared to the first two groups. Groups #1 and #2 showed no benefits, leading the researchers to believe that smelling the rose scent before\/during sleep helped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Group 4 performed slightly better than group #3, but it wasn\u2019t statistically significant, leading the researchers to believe that it was the exposure to the scent during sleep that acted as the most vital factor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe students showed a significant increase in learning success by about 30% if the incense sticks were used during both the learning and sleep phases,\u201d explains first author Franziska Neumann.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Caveats of the study<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep in mind, there were only 54 students in this study, and they were all quite young. The results may not be the same for older adults.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, the scientists don\u2019t know how close the incense stick was to the students\u2019 noses when they were home, or even if they used them correctly and consistently.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if you could boost your memory or other learning during sleep just by sniffing certain odors? There\u2019s new evidence that doing so might improve exam performance. Sleep, scent and learning A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports seems to indicate that certain fragrances can be used to target memory and learning. 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