hypnopedia
hypnopedia — noun
1. the idea or practice of teaching someone facts, words, or skills while they are
the idea or practice of teaching someone facts, words, or skills while they are asleep, often by playing audio lessons through headphones during the night.
Hiro tried hypnopedia for a month, playing French vocabulary through headphones every night.
subject + try + hypnopedia + for [duration]
Studies on hypnopedia in the 1950s claimed that students could learn poems while they slept.
noun phrase: studies on hypnopedia
Most modern scientists doubt that hypnopedia can teach anything more complex than simple word lists.
The novel Brave New World describes a future society that uses hypnopedia to shape children's beliefs.
Vivek bought a special pillow with built-in speakers, hoping that hypnopedia would help him pass the medical exam.
- sleep-learning
everyday English term; far more common than 'hypnopedia'
- hypnopaedia
British spelling variant; same meaning
用法筆記
Uncountable; takes no plural. Subject of verbs like 'work', 'help', 'teach'; common in phrases such as 'studies on hypnopedia' and 'use hypnopedia to'.