Duke Lemur Center recreates the seasonal swings of native habitat, helping to unlock the secrets…
Browsing: Sleep Science
Sleep Science is the multidisciplinary study of sleep and its vital role in physical and mental health, cognitive function, and overall well-being. Drawing from neuroscience, psychology, physiology, and medicine, this field investigates how and why we sleep, what happens in the brain and body during different sleep stages, and how sleep disorders like insomnia, sleep apnea, and circadian rhythm disruptions affect health. Ongoing research in sleep science is uncovering how sleep influences memory, immune function, metabolism, and emotional regulation, offering insights that inform treatments and public health recommendations. As sleep’s importance to lifelong health becomes increasingly clear, this field continues to expand rapidly.
Treatable Sleep Disorder Common in People With Thinking and Memory Problems Obstructive sleep apnea is…
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The more variation in wake-up time and sleep time, the worse mood and more chance…
New Evidence Links Moon Phases to Human Sleep Cycles For centuries, humans have blamed the…
Brain scans show consciousness during sleep fades not from reduced activity, but from weaker communication…
Immune function is closely tied to circadian metabolism, not just gene expression, revealing new insights…
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have discovered a group of neurons in…
Research at Los Alamos found that neural networks performing unsupervised learning benefit from rest periods…
Activity of brain network linked to changes in connectedness for both sleep and anesthesia. The…
KAIST mathematicians and their collaborators at Florida State University have identified the principle of how…
Dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown reflect mental suffering (anger, sadness) and fear of contagion,…
Study applies artificial intelligence to analyze content of nightmares using crowdsourced data from more than…
Fewer headaches reported when school starts later, UCSF-led study shows. Research indicates that starting school…
A study published in the journal Current Biology suggests that star-shaped brain cells known as…
Sleep deprivation increases rewarding properties of cocaine through motivation peptide. Sleep deprivation may pave the…
The new study looked at the combined effects of disrupted sleep and caffeine on our…
This year marks two decades since the first ESA doctor set foot in Antarctica, running…