Learning While Sleeping? Our Capabilities May Be Limited
A new study MEG study reveals our ability to learn during slow wave sleep is limited. ... Read More...
NREM
How REM and Non-REM Sleep May Work Together to Help Solve Problems
Researchers have created a new model that may help explain how different sleep patterns may help us to solve problems. The study reveals non-REM sleep helps us categorize information, where as REM sleep helps us to draw unexpected connections between information we have been exposed to.... Read More...
Why People With Insomnia Don’t Know They’re Asleep
People with insomnia have greater brain activity in regions associated with conscious awareness during NREM sleep, researchers report. ... Read More...
Why Does Sleep Become Disrupted in Old Age?
Age related sleep disruptions are not due to alterations in activity of individual neurons as previously believed, researchers report.... Read More...
Wrist Worn Gadget Allows Researchers to Capture Real Life Sleep
A simple actimeter device is helping researchers better understand sleep duration and quality in humans.... Read More...
How Memories Ripple Through the Brain
Researchers demonstrate sleep boosts communication between the neocortex and hippocampus, assisting with memory formation.... Read More...
Can’t Sleep Due to Stress? Here’s the Cure
According to researchers, octacosanol, an active compound found in sugarcane can help reduce stress and allow people to achieve a sound sleep. ... Read More...
Mouse Mutants May Shed Light on the Mysteries of Sleep
A new study could be the first step to understanding the biochemistry that controls the switch from sleep to wakefulness, researchers believe.... Read More...
Sleeping Brain’s Complex Activity Mimicked by Simple Model
Researchers have created a new math model that successfully reproduces complex brain activity during deep sleep.... Read More...
Dreamless Sleep Store the Day’s Sensory Experiences
A new study reveals how tactile experiences are encoded in the brain as we sleep.... Read More...
Mimicking Deep Sleep Brain Activity Improves Memory: Mouse Study
Researchers have discovered a brain circuit that governs how certain memories are consolidated in the brain during sleep.... Read More...
Cracking the Enduring Mysteries of REM Sleep
Researchers identify a neural circuit in the brain that helps regulate REM sleep.... Read More...