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

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.

The brain waves of a person in REM sleep look very similar to those of a person who is awake, which is why some sleep-tracking apps show blocks of REM as occurring near the top of the graph ...

Scientists have made significant strides in developing 'artificial naps' through brain stimulation, aiming to replicate the ...

Research from Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian suggests that brain waves associated with sleep may help predict ... Sleep spindles are brief bursts of brain activity that occur during ...

Need another reason to prioritize your sleep? 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 ...

Heart rate, breathing, and brain waves become more regular. Stage 3 is also called slow-wave sleep. Stage 4: This stage is also called rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep due to the movement of the eyes in ...

Reduced slow wave and REM sleep are linked to smaller brain volumes in Alzheimer’s-vulnerable regions Polysomnography and imaging reveal that poor sleep in midlife may raise long-term Alzheimer ...

The team first trained five monkeys on a task evaluating image orientations and tested them twice, with a 30-minute gap in which they either had non-REM sleep ... brain waves are known to be ...