A particular sort of dream control helps people mold their minds, practice real-life skills, and even shape their waking ...

Background: Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is commonly associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), and recent studies have suggested that RBD in PD is associated with increased ...

Cholinergic modulation of neural networks supports sequential and complementary roles for NREM and REM states in memory ...

Although we know sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being, it remains an incredibly enigmatic behavior, scientifically speaking.

That theory posits that, if memories were shrubs, the non-REM phase of sleep helps them grow taller and stronger. The REM ...

Although we know sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being, it remains an incredibly enigmatic behavior, ...

Recent research led by Mark Wu , Professor of Neurology at John Hopkins University, has potentially identified the area in mice brains responsible for tracking sleep debt and triggering restorative ...

A newly identified brain circuit in mice may explain why we sleep longer and deeper after being sleep deprived – and lead to ...

Cognitive shuffling attempts to mimic the thinking patterns of good sleepers by simulating the dream-like and random thought patterns they generally have before drifting off to sleep. In particular, ...

Known as “sleep inertia” or “sleep drunkenness,” this feeling is perfectly normal and typically lasts for 20 to 30 minutes after we wake up, McHill explains. But if it lasts longer than ...

In the first sleep assessment, participants reported obtaining an average of 6.97 hours of sleep a night, had a sleep efficiency of 81.45% and woke up 1.35 times per night. Difficult sleep was ...

Narcolepsy is caused by a deficiency of orexin, a brain chemical that regulates wakefulness and REM sleep. The MSLT and polysomnography are gold standards for diagnosing narcolepsy.