Experiment conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley Feb. 1, 2013 — -- An experiment at the University of California, Berkeley, found that seniors enjoy less quality ...

Scientists believe that our brains replay the events of the day when we sleep. The brain moves information from the hippocampus–where short-term memories are stored into the neocortex. In the ...

Reports show many Americans are not getting enough sleep. That can cause all kinds of health issues and even impact our memory. “One of the cool things about researching sleep and practicing sleep ...

Sleep is one of life’s most universal behaviors. Despite its ubiquity, it’s also one of the most mysterious. Humans spend ...

Our memories are valuable, yet they aren't always reliable. What we remember — and what we forget — often feels random, and it can be disappointing when our memory seems to let us down. While many ...

What has puzzled researchers and philosophers for many centuries is the ‘why’ of sleep, along with the ‘how’. We human animals know from experience that we need to sleep, and that the longer we go ...

Researchers have long wished to understand the connection between sleep and memory, especially how the brain encodes long-term memories during slow-wave sleep (while discarding others), or the deep ...

Every student has heard the advice: “Get enough sleep before an exam.” Yet countless students still stay up late revising, believing that squeezing in a few more hours of study will boost their scores ...

Here’s a fact that might surprise you: we really do not know why we sleep. Of course, we sleep because our bodies demand it; we know we require sleep for our survival. But we’ve yet to discover the ...

If you’re going to take a nap, the experts recommend keeping it relatively short—about 20 to 30 minutes. That’s because it’s ...

Reports show many Americans are not getting enough sleep – which can cause all kinds of health issues and even impact our memory. “One of the cool things about researching sleep and practicing sleep ...