People report experiencing greater feelings of anger on days following disrupted sleep.
Researchers investigate the molecular mechanisms underpinning sleep.
A lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat and an 11% increase in visceral abdominal fat.
A new study reveals people are suffering dream deprivation as a result of being deprived of REM sleep. Researchers report dreams are essential for memory and mental health. Dream deprivation can lead to an increased risk of depression and illness.
According to a new study, a lack of REM sleep can have negative implications on how we judge other people's facial expressions.
New mothers who sleep less than seven hours a night six months after giving birth had an increase in biological age of between three to seven years compared to new moms who slept for seven or more hours.
Sleep loss does not numb a person's response to emotional situations, but it can result in difficulties in regulating emotional response.
Daydreaming and mind-wandering appear to occur when parts of the brain fall asleep while other areas remain awake.
Sleep deprivation results in a reduced ability to correctly read the emotional facial expressions of others, a new study reports.
A new study sheds light on numerous functions of our circadian clock, from how the brain maintains performance during the day to how shift workers struggle to maintain attention during early morning hours.
