Discover the 25 disturbing things your brain does while you sleep. From processing trauma to deleting memories and simulating ...

Caffeine doesn't just make it harder to fall asleep; it changes how the brain behaves during rest. New research shows that caffeine alters brain activity in ways that make sleep look more like ...

A new study uses optogenetics to induce localized sleep in awake mice, reversing memory loss from sleep deprivation.

By inducing specific patterns of activity in small portions of the brain in awake mice, researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have triggered a recalibration of neural ...

Late-night scrolling isn’t the only thing sabotaging your slumber. New research suggests that a common daily habit may send your brain into overdrive while you sleep — even if you do it hours before ...

By inducing specific patterns of activity in small portions of the brain in awake mice, researchers have triggered a ...

Don’t sleep on a few troubling behaviors that could increase your risk of developing dementia. Known risk factors for ...

The truth is that we love learning weird things. It becomes even more fascinating when those weird things involve human behavior and the strange ways our bodies work without us even realizing it.

How we sleep may have lasting impacts on our brain health as we age. A new University of Arizona study has found that several ...

The brain has its own waste disposal system – known as the glymphatic system – that’s thought to be more active when we sleep. But disrupted sleep might hinder this waste disposal system and slow the ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists discovered that these attention lapses coincide with waves of fluid washing ...

Sleep apnea affects an estimated 80 million adults in the U.S., yet it remains one of the country’s most underdiagnosed health conditions. Research suggests that up to four in five people with sleep ...