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.

Sleep takes up nearly one-third of a person’s life, yet many still wonder what really happens while we rest. Until the mid-20th century, scientists believed sleep was simply a time when the body and ...

Turning our clocks ahead next weekend, will rob us all of an hour – as we are sleeping. With World Sleep Day coming up on Friday (March 13), and in honor of Brain Awareness Week that starts Monday ...

All of this motion has subtle but dramatic effects on the sleeping brain that the researchers are only beginning to ...

Ever wake up convinced something happened that actually didn’t? That vivid memory of a conversation with your friend, a movie you’re sure you watched, or an event that feels completely real but never ...

Scientists have new insight into why we have trouble focusing after a bad night of sleep. Attention lapses when we’re sleep-deprived result from our brain’s efforts to clean itself up, a process that ...

Sleep doesnt just affect how tired you feel, it directly impacts how your brain and body function through the day. Experts explain that getting no sleep can impair reaction time and judgement to ...

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 ...

If you sleep better everywhere but your own bed, “environmental insomnia” could be the cause.