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·July 28, 2016·5 min read

Electric Brain Stimulation During Sleep Can Boost Memory

According to researchers, transcranial alternating current stimulation may help to improve memory when targeted to a specific kind of brain activity achieved during sleep.

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·July 26, 2016·4 min read

What’s Going On When Babies Twitch in Their Sleep?

According to researchers, sleep twitches in babies could be linked to sensorimotor development.

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·July 22, 2016·5 min read

Lack of Sleep Increases Child’s Risk for Later Emotional Disorders

According to researchers, inadequate sleep impacts children's emotional health not only by creating more negative emotions, but also by altering positive emotional experiences.

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·June 15, 2016·2 min read

Link Between Daytime Mood and Sleep Duration in Teens

Insufficient sleep or fluctuations in sleep patterns are associated with negative moods in teens, and bad moods tend to predict unusually bad sleep the next night.

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·June 15, 2016·4 min read

Emotionally Positive Situation Boost Memory for Similar Future Events

A new study reports combining a positive emotional component with a given stimulus promotes memory for future stimuli of the same type.

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·June 14, 2016·2 min read

Sleepiness and Fatigue Linked to Atrophy in Cognitively Normal Elderly

Researchers report cognitively normal older people who experience excessive sleepiness during the day have more brain atrophy than those who do not experience fatigue.

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·June 13, 2016·4 min read

Can Better Sleep Improve Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis?

A new study reports on an association between sleep apnea and cognitive dysfunction in people with MS.

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·June 13, 2016·2 min read

Caffeine Has Little to No Benefit After 3 Nights of Sleep Restriction

Researchers report that after 3 nights of consecutive sleep restriction, caffeine no longer improves alertness or performance.

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·June 8, 2016·3 min read

Color of Lighting Affects Sleep and Wakefulness: Mouse Study

Researchers report green light can help to promote sleep, while blue lights can delay the need to rest, at least in mice.

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·June 8, 2016·2 min read

Do Parent’s Sleep Problems Get Passed Down to Their Kids?

A new study will assess people to find out whether their sleep disorders are capable of being passed on to their children.

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·June 4, 2016·5 min read

New Insights Into Brain’s Signaling Network

A new study reports researchers have taken an important step toward deciphering the brain's complex neuroelectric communication system that could underlie sleep disorders and conditions such as Alzheimer's, epilepsy and schizophrenia.