Have you ever wondered what actually happens in the brain during sleep? While your body appears still and at rest, your brain remains highly active, carrying out essential processes that keep you ...

Deep sleep refers to slow-wave sleep — a stage in the sleep cycle when brain waves slow down. Getting enough deep sleep is crucial for numerous bodily functions. But how to increase deep sleep isn’t ...

Have you ever wonderedwhy you can sleep for eight hours but still wake up feeling exhausted?Or why a six hour sleep sometimes feel more refreshing than a longer one?The answer lies in your sleep ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Next the study authors decided to look at how the popular sleep aid Ambien, or zolpidem, affects the brain's cleaning process. After administering it to the mice, they found that it blocked the waves ...

Getting a good night’s sleep seems simple enough, but for 70 million Americans struggling with chronic sleep issues, it’s anything but easy. While many turn to sleep aids for relief, groundbreaking ...

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 ...