A research team in Freiburg has investigated how random sounds played during sleep affect the consolidation of new memories.

Researchers have identified the brain circuitry that links deep sleep with the release of growth hormone, revealing how the ...

New research identifies five distinct sleep subtypes, revealing links between brain patterns, behavior and health ...

There are some obvious signs of a poor night’s sleep — fatigue, irritability and trouble focusing, to name a few — but it can also have some hidden effects. In a new study led by University of ...

Researchers studied a group of adults to learn more about the connection between sleep quality and brain aging. The scientists used MRI scans to determine each person’s ‘brain age’ and compared that ...

After all my devices are put away and lights turned off, I crawl into bed each night and—more often than not—cue my sleep sounds. As of late, music in particular has become as integral to my wind-down ...

A groundbreaking study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2024 has uncovered a potential link between sleeping on your back and an increased risk of neurodegenerative ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we cover neurogenesis in adulthood (yes! your brain can make new neurons even as you age), the link between exercise and increased neurogenesis in the ...