A person’s sleep needs are highly individual, Holliday-Bell says. If you feel refreshed and ready for the day after nine ...

In the quiet hours of the night, while your body rests, your brain is busy. It's sorting through the day’s moments, filing some away as lasting memories, and brushing off others. Scientists have long ...

Researchers may have found a way to get the benefits of sleep through artificial naps, but the research is far from complete.

Shorter slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep were associated with decreased volume in Alzheimer disease-vulnerable brain regions.

Medical News Today looks at four recent studies to examine which aspects of health and behavior can influence a person's risk ...

It's no secret that a good night's sleep is key to a healthy brain. However, the full extent of the importance of rest on our ...

What if we didn't need sleep to dream? Well, scientists may have found a way to hack those benefits even when you're awake.

On an Apple Watch, "core sleep" is another name for light sleep, which scientists also call stages N1-N2. It is not a type of ...

People on TikTok and other social media say they feel more alert when they have had fewer hours of sleep—but sleep scientists ...

Hallucinogens like DMT, psilocin, and LSD might rewrite the rules of sleep, blurring the line between dreams and reality.

For more on the nature of sleep, go here.] Scientists believe that dreaming plays a role in the consolidation of memories, ...