With long days comes sleepless nights and it can have a big effect on our wellbeing. Here, sleep expert, Miranda Levy, delves ...

This can have a big effect on the amount of sleep we get. One study monitored the sleep of 188 participants in the lab on ...

That theory posits that, if memories were shrubs, the non-REM phase of sleep helps them grow taller and stronger. The REM ...

Cholinergic modulation of neural networks supports sequential and complementary roles for NREM and REM states in memory ...

Yet greater awareness of sleep deprivation’s consequences hasn’t translated into a better-rested populace. Data from the CDC show that the proportion of Americans reporting insufficient sleep held ...

Although we know sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being, it remains an incredibly enigmatic behavior, ...

Study: significant changes in sleep metrics—specifically, reduced REM sleep and increased light sleep—only occurred when ...

A newly identified brain circuit in mice may explain why we sleep longer and deeper after being sleep deprived – and lead to ...

University of Michigan researchers have developed a new theory on the biological function of sleep. Their model suggests ...

But this turned out to be a misconception that hasn’t allowed us “to capture the disease accurately,” Christine Won, MD, ...

The Index Sleep Monitor is designed to strap to your upper arm so you can leave your smartwatch charging overnight.

Sleep tracking is nothing new in Garmin’s fitness watches, but the company’s latest wearable is a dedicated smart sleep band.