FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 13, 2020People with Coronavirus Symptoms More Likely to Have Psychiatric Disorders and Loneliness
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 13, 2020Apathy Not Depression Helps to Predict Dementia
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 13, 2020Brain ‘Signature’ Could Help to Diagnose Schizophrenia
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 15, 2019Brain marker for angry dreamsPeople with greater frontal alpha asymmetry are less able to regulate strong, emotional, affective states, such as anger, in their dreams. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePsychology·May 23, 2018‘Seeing’ Music or ‘Tasting’ Numbers? What We Can Learn From Those With SynesthesiaResearchers take a deeper look at synesthesia, revealing the condition could be linked to some autoimmune diseases. The paper also reports synesthetes have better memory and are more creative than those without the disorder. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 15, 2018How REM and Non-REM Sleep May Work Together to Help Solve ProblemsResearchers 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
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 29, 2017Wrist Worn Gadget Allows Researchers to Capture Real Life SleepA simple actimeter device is helping researchers better understand sleep duration and quality in humans. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePsychology·November 5, 2017Why Our Brains Need Sleep, and What Happens If We Don’t Get EnoughFrom consolidating memories to cleaning out toxins in the brain that accumulate during waking hours, researchers explore why sleep is so important and what happens when we don't get enough. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 5, 2017Can’t Sleep Due to Stress? Here’s the CureAccording to researchers, octacosanol, an active compound found in sugarcane can help reduce stress and allow people to achieve a sound sleep. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 4, 2017Love Your Beauty Rest? You Can Thank These Brain CellsResearchers at Johns Hopkins have identified specific neurons in the zona incerta that appear to help promote sleep. The discovery could help develop new treatments for insomnia and other sleep disorders. Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 26, 2017Less REM Sleep Tied to Greater Risk of DementiaA new study in Neurology reports people who don't get enough REM sleep may face a higher risk of developing dementia. Researchers noted people who developed dementia spent 17% of their time in REM sleep compared to 20% of time in REM sleep for those without the neurodegenerative disease. Read More
artificial intelligenceFeaturedNeuroscience·August 7, 2017Artificial Intelligence Helps Monitor SleepMIT researchers have developed a new, non invasive method to help monitor sleep patterns. The device uses an advanced AI algorithm to analyze wireless signals around a person and translate the measurements into sleep stages. Researchers plan to use the technology to study how Parkinson's disease affects sleep. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 1, 2017The Ultimate Power Nap: Using Fitbits to Track Elephant Sleep in the WildOn average, matriarch elephants only sleep for two hours a day when in the wild, a new study reports. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 26, 2017Dietary Supplement Shows Promise In Treatment of Sleep ApneaResearchers report Yohimbine, a dietary supplement derived from tree bark, shows potential in the treatment of sleep apnea, especially for those with anxiety disorders and high blood pressure. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 13, 2016Neurons Paralyze Us During REM SleepResearchers have identified a population of neurons that appear to be responsible for muscle paralysis during REM sleep. Read More
