Our brains tend to be a bit more focused when we are sleeping.

I think that is pretty common. I know that I remember things a lot better when I am just falling asleep that for the life of me I couldn't remember during the day. I don't remember the psychology behind it, but I do know there is some research available. I think it is as if the subconscious takes over when you are sleeping and that is not as cluttered with unnecessary information as you are when you are awake. Thanks for bringing this up!

Hi, i think when somebody is a sleep one is in a state of relaxation and maybe note i state maybe the body releases some therapeutic hormones that reenergise the brain thus the more being alert state.

I don't know about being more focused, but it is said that our brain is actually more active when we are asleep. I've had dilemmas when going to bed and then dreamed about the answer. Could be that our brains are just better at problem solving when asleep. That could even be the purpose of sleep.

I think that when we are asleep we can make sense of most things as we are more relaxed, we are led down, warm and comfortable and knowing that there is nothing needed to be done. We normally do think about what we have done that day and we are able to figure some things out, the other thing though is that when we wake up we can sometimes forget about what we recalled the previous night. Our mind relaxes witth our body but we are less cluttered as we have less to do when in bed and so can think of plenty of things and understand more.

Back when I was in high school, it was quite fashionable to fall asleep listening to recordings of the day's lesson. I used to tape myself reading the lesson, and then play it over, while trying to fall asleep. Most of the times it didn't work, since I couldn't fall asleep at all with all the noise around me, and I don't think I ever managed to magically learn something while sleeping, but in the long term, I think it helped, especially with foreign languages. Most of my vocabulary comes from back then, and I think it's because I used to rehearse it just before going to sleep, when the mind was relaxed and ready to assimilate the information.

yeah, definitely. Got my best ideas when I'm falling asleep or waking up. You can even ask yourself a question before you go to bed and when you wake up you'll know the answer. Lot's of possibilities there are when we are sleeping/ dreaming. Try it!