Psychologists have also pointed to another primary mechanism: the nocebo effect, the opposite of the more well-known placebo ...

HAVE you ever been drifting off to sleep, only to jerk awake from the sound of a loud bang? Heart pounding, you might have frantically scanned your room for evidence of the sound – only to realise it ...

Exploding head syndrome happens when you hear loud noises during sleep transitions. It is often linked to stress and fatigue and is more common in women over 50. The condition is not dangerous, and ...

James Bond is one of the greatest heroes in Hollywood history, but he'd be nothing without his villains. Over 24 films, there have been plenty of them. Since debuting on screen in 1962, Bond has ...

Sleep is something the majority of us look forward to. At the end of a long day (or a long night), there often is no better feeling than crawling under the covers, knowing that you have nowhere to be ...

Although its name is very vivid, exploding head syndrome isn't painful. It's where you hear a loud noise in the head upon waking up at night or during the wake-sleep transition -- and other people don ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep, only to be jerked awake by the sound of a bomb going off inside your head? If you have, then you have most likely experienced exploding head syndrome, a ...

Dyssomnia is a term for sleep disorders that affect the quantity, quality, or timing of sleep. Parasomnia refers to unusual behaviors or experiences during sleep that can cause frequent waking or ...

Alexander Payne’s adaptation of the Kaui Hart Hemmings novel is somehow both rougher and less lacerating than his more satirical works, because its characters are a bit more forthright in their grief ...

A musician and guitar luthier who's no stranger to loud noises, Dave Lovos admits to being a bit undone by the boom he heard in his head one night earlier this year. It hit just as Lovos was drifting ...

Witty, agile essays from the novelist and New Yorker writer with a talent for cutting through the hype Lauren Oyler, an American literary critic who writes for Harper’s Magazine and the New Yorker, ...