The two experimental groups are proposed to show moderate success rates based on thee findings of previous research. However the findings of this study should also find a difference between those individuals with higher quality sleep compared to those with who had experienced a low quality of sleep. The group who had not been monitored for sleep quality should fall in between the subjects with good sleep and poor sleep, for they represent an averaged score. Discussion

With the proposed findings of this research, there are implications that hypnopaedia does work in limited contexts. It seems that only simple lessons can be digested within the context of sleep; however, this study did not compare simple to more complex groups of lessons. Therefore, future research may want to compare the success rates of simpler lessons to those of more complex ones, maybe utilizing different verb tense or compiling entire sentences. Other recommendations for future research would be a wider spectrum of test subjects, and potential comparisons between different age groups to see if age as any influence over the capabilities of individual sleep learning.

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