Sleep rests brain, not body
UW-Madison sleep research Dr. Chiara Cirelli says sleep isn’t about resting your body; it’s about resting your brain....
read moreMolecular switch in brain tells us time to sleep
Scientists say they’ve discovered that there’s a molecular switch in our brains that sends us to sleep....
read moreBrain connections strengthen while children sleep
Although connections within hemispheres weaken during children’s sleep, the connections between hemispheres are strengthened....
read moreLess sleep and poor quality sleep linked to Alzheimer’s
A new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that poorer sleep quality and shorter sleep duration among older adults raised the B-Amyloid burden....
read moreProof you can learn while you sleep
A new study shows you can learn while you sleep. Researchers found that sleeping participants who heard a tone followed by an odor would either sniff (if they had eventually learned to associate that tone with a good odor)...
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