Your brain cycles through several stages during sleep, and REM sleep might be the most critical. This mysterious phase, where ...

Ever wake up convinced something happened that actually didn’t? That vivid memory of a conversation with your friend, a movie you’re sure you watched, or an event that feels completely real but never ...

On a December evening in 1951, Eugene Aserinsky, a physiologist at the University of Chicago, placed electrodes on the scalp of his 8-year-old son, Armond, before putting him to bed. Then the ...

Nothing gives you a boost of energy quite like a good night’s rest. But did you know that sleep and memory are also connected? A recent study from Cornell researchers revealed that neurons help “reset ...

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...

Each night, our brains cycle through hours of activity that remain surprisingly mysterious. Even though much of that time is spent dreaming, scientists still don't fully understand what the brain is ...

"I have to get my deep REM sleep," expresses a common confusion about two very different types of sleep. Deep sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep are not the same; they do not even overlap. They ...

The researchers found that measures of obstructive sleep apnea-related hypoxemia significantly predicted global white matter hyperintensity volume of the brain, which was driven by hypoxemia severity ...

Just before the age of 2-and-a-half, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep's primary function is to build the brain's infrastructure by strengthening or pruning experience-dependent synapses; this neural ...

"Our results suggest that certain brain areas in women with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder are better protected than those in men, likely through the action of estrogens," emphasizes Shady ...

Nearly 8% of the general population experiences sleep paralysis, but people are unaware that REM sleep disruptions can create ...

Crucially, the ferrets that developed tinnitus showed overly responsive brain activity to sound. When the ferrets finally did ...