On the flip side, sleep also may be used to supercharge your memories and improve your recall. “In part, while we are ...

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If the organ doesn't get time to clean itself at night, it'll find (often inconvenient) time during the day.

A new study of more than 27,000 people over several years suggests poor sleep health may cause your brain to age faster and create a “brain-age gap”. KERA’s Sam Baker talked about this with Dr. Athica ...

You wake up to your partner telling you that you had an entire conversation with someone named Bob last night, or your roommate mentions you were giving what sounded like a presentation in your sleep.

When sleep is skipped, the brain tries to sneak in those fluid pulses during wakefulness, especially when attention slips. "One way to think about those events is that your brain is so in need of ...

It’s been known for millennia that the human body accumulates waste as a result of day-to-day functioning, but it’s now recognized that the awake, active brain also builds up waste that negatively ...

The pillow is cold against your cheek. Your upstairs neighbor creaks across the ceiling. You close your eyes; shadows and light dance across your vision. A cat sniffs at a piece of cheese. Dots fall ...

Your sleep-deprived brain behaves as if you were about to nod off to sleep, even when you're awake. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Sound machines promise better sleep, but new research suggests they may quietly steal your REM and deep sleep.

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...