Researchers have discovered that positive emotions enhance perceptual memories during sleep, particularly in the non-REM stage.

Also known as dream sleep, as it’s when we tend to dream, REM sleep is a crucial stage of a good night’s rest that also gets ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have uncovered how perceptual memories linked to positive ...

This includes three stages of non-REM sleep and one stage of REM (dream ... Rapid eye movement sleep is important as it stimulates an area of your brain known as the amygdala.

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) have uncovered how perceptual memories linked to positive emotions, such as joy or happiness ...

To test the importance of the non-REM reactivation, the researchers temporarily prevented amygdala inputs to the motor cortex that sends top-down inputs to the sensory area. When they did this ...

A new study suggests afternoon naps boost the brain's problem-solving skills, with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep – the ...

REM follows three phases of non-REM sleep, each deeper than the last. The four phases take 90 minutes or more to complete, depending on age, and a person may cycle through them four or five times in a ...

REM follows three phases of non-REM sleep, each deeper than the last. The four phases take 90 minutes or more to complete, depending on age, and a person may cycle through them four or five times ...