If you've been looking for a sign to work on your sleep hygiene, this is it. A new study suggests that a particular wave of ...

In a new multidisciplinary study published in the PNAS, a group of researchers from neuroscience and economics at the IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca links the debated concept of "ego depletion", ...

A typical night's sleep consists of four to six sleep cycles, each lasting about 90 to 120 minutes and can vary on a number ...

A study reveals that prolonged mental exertion leads to changes in the brain's frontal cortex, resembling sleep activity, which heightens aggressive behaviors. This finding supports the idea that ...

You wake up feeling cold due to your brain no longer regulating body temperature to preserve energy while you are at rest.

Immune cells rush to the brain and promote deep sleep after a heart attack, according to a new study 1 involving both mice ...

Deep sleep refers to slow-wave sleep — a stage in the sleep cycle when brain waves slow down. Getting enough deep sleep is ...

2024). When leaders don’t get enough deep slow wave sleep, it affects the part of the sleep cycle that activates the ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers examine how sleep impacts inflammation and recovery following a heart ...

After a heart attack, the body is hardwired to sleep in order to recover from injury. New research explores how this happens.

A recent study from Mount Sinai reveals that after a heart attack, the heart signals the brain to increase sleep, helping the ...

Prolonged mental fatigue can wear down brain areas crucial for an individual's ability to self-control, and can cause people ...