Dreaming Your Way to Better Skills

Can you actually get better at a skill just by dreaming about it? It sounds like science

fiction, but researchers have found that dreaming about a specific task,

like a virtual navigation game, leads to much better performance the next day compared

to just thinking about it while you're awake. This happens because dreaming is a unique

"off-line" state where your brain reprocesses and reorganises memory. It functions as

a safe, virtual simulator that allows your mind to practice approach and avoidance

behaviours without real-world consequences. Essentially, your brain uses these simulations

to "rehearse" for the future, strengthening your learning and improving your performance