Human Body

The mind can practice new tasks, such as learning a new piece of music during REM sleep. REM sleep also appears to boost performance with tasks involving procedural memory, or the subconscious "how-to" knowledge that a person uses when walking, riding a bike, or performing most physical tasks.

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