REM sleep goes even deeper into brain recovery, dreaming and processing memories and emotions. This is the sleep stage in ...

Ever wonder why some mornings you wake up ready to go, and others you feel like a zombie? The difference often comes down to when you wake up during your sleep cycle, and that’s exactly what a sleep ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

They found that each time someone "zoned out," a CSF wave surged through the brain, mimicking the deep-sleep cleaning cycle. When participants briefly lost focus, researchers noticed several body ...

Just as a conductor coordinates different instruments in an orchestra to produce a symphony, breathing coordinates hippocampal brain waves to strengthen memory while we sleep, reports a new ...

If you've been looking for a sign to work on your sleep hygiene, this is it. A new study suggests that a particular wave of sleep, called slow-wave sleep, plays an integral role in staving off ...

Thanks to the Internet, it's the age of self-diagnosis. People like to learn about (and treat) themselves through technology. As a sleep researcher, I was interested in my friends' use of ...