Though more research is needed, this therapeutic brain activity during REM sleep is associated with: Emotional processing Memory consolidation, meaning solidifying experiences into long term ...

meaning only our eyes can move during this stage of sleep. As part of a full night’s rest, we cycle through four stages of ...

If you or a loved one have ever acted out dreams while remaining asleep, it could be a condition known as REM behavior ...

Rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep is associated with more sympathetic activation than is NONREM sleep 1,2. So far, there are no data regarding vascular tone during REM and NONREM sleep in humans.

As a result, the sleep-dependent reinterpretation of the meaning of the trauma ... outcome from trauma memory reactivation during REM sleep less likely. An alternative approach might prove ...

Sleep challenges in autistic children go beyond usual bedtime struggles often making conventional sleep advice ineffective ...

A 2020 study of almost 12,000 people found higher alcohol consumption was significantly linked to poorer sleep and shorter ...

Not spending enough time in the two deep stages of sleep — slow-wave and rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep — may hasten the deterioration of parts of the brain associated with Alzheimer’s ...

John Allan Hobson, a prominent sleep researcher and psychiatrist, died on July 7 at his Vermont home due to diabetes complications at the age of 88. His work contradicted prevailing hypotheses of the ...