Brain marker for angry dreams
People with greater frontal alpha asymmetry are less able to regulate strong, emotional, affective states, such as anger, in their dreams.... Read More...
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‘Seeing’ Music or ‘Tasting’ Numbers? What We Can Learn From Those With Synesthesia
Researchers 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...
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...
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...
Why Our Brains Need Sleep, and What Happens If We Don’t Get Enough
From 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...
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...
Love Your Beauty Rest? You Can Thank These Brain Cells
Researchers 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...
Less REM Sleep Tied to Greater Risk of Dementia
A 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 Intelligence Helps Monitor Sleep
MIT 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...
The Ultimate Power Nap: Using Fitbits to Track Elephant Sleep in the Wild
On average, matriarch elephants only sleep for two hours a day when in the wild, a new study reports.... Read More...
Dietary Supplement Shows Promise In Treatment of Sleep Apnea
Researchers 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...
Neurons Paralyze Us During REM Sleep
Researchers have identified a population of neurons that appear to be responsible for muscle paralysis during REM sleep.... Read More...