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

Summary: A new study discovered that randomly played sounds during sleep can actively impair memory consolidation. By ...

It has been known for nearly 20 years that slow, synchronous electrical waves in the brain during deep sleep support the formation of memories. Why that is was previously unknown. Now, a team of ...

Playing calming music before bed may lower your heart rate, ease anxiety, and help you sleep better, research suggests.

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and Beth Israel Deaconess ...

Seeking a sleep solution that doesn't involve supplements? Personalized neurostimulation from the comfort of your bed is now an option. Aly Lopez Former Writer I Aly Lopez was a writer on the sleep ...

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 ...

Tonight, as you close your eyes in bed, something strange will happen to you: Your mind will drift from an ordinary thought ...