A new study suggests that certain brain activity patterns may be linked to feeling less groggy in the morning.

Each morning, your brain embarks on a remarkable series of events: it transitions from being asleep, potentially in an ...

A new study suggested that not getting enough REM sleep can be an early warning sign of Alzheimer's disease. Here's what a ...

We ask an expert why REM sleep is so important, what happens if we don't get enough of it and how to get more REM sleep.

Neuroscientists have found that the brain can wake up in different ways, explaining why some mornings feel like a dream and ...

Each morning, your brain undergoes a precise sequence to shift from sleep to wakefulness, reorienting you to the world.

Certain patterns of brain activity during awakening correlate with a lower likelihood of the bleary-eyed state called ‘sleep ...

Upon waking, all groups showed an improvement in their performance, but 85.7% of those who achieved the N2 sleep phase had ...

We’ve all experienced this: You’re in the middle of a lovely dream. Perhaps you’re flying. As you’re soaring through the air, you meet an eagle. The eagle looks at you, opens its beak and – BEEP! BEEP ...

“Side sleeping is often better in hot weather because it helps your body stay cooler,” says Dr. William Lu, Medical Director ...

Sleep Cycles: One rapid eye movement (REM) stage and three non-REM stages that altogether last about 90 to 120 minutes Benefits: Physical and mental recuperation and memory consolidation Disorders ...

The study, led by Dr. Gawon Cho from Yale School of Medicine, shows that poor sleep quality might be linked to long-term ...