If Sleepmaxxing Isn’t Working, Your Brain May Be Keeping You Awake—Here’s the Fix

Tried every sleep hack and still exhausted? Science reveals why sleepmaxxing fails for many—and the simple psychological ...
Frontiers

Sleep Quality and Architecture, Cognition, and Hormone Signaling in Endocrine Disorders

Sleep is essential for brain function, cognitive performance, and memory consolidation, and these processes are closely shaped by endocrine signals. Among ...
verywellhealth

Sleep Experts Explain If 'Non-Sleep Deep Rest' Can Really Help You Feel Refreshed

Sanja Jelic, MD, is board-certified in sleep medicine, critical care medicine, pulmonary disease, and internal medicine. Non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) is a guided relaxation practice that helps the brain ...
BGR

5 Smartwatch Sleep Tracking Features You Need To Try

One of the core things I love about my smartwatch, fitness tracker, and smart ring (yes, I wear all three and cycle among different types as I review them) is sleep tracking. It's one area of overall ...
NDTV

Why Women Actually Need An Hour More Sleep Than Men (And What Happens If You Skip It)

Women need an extra hour of sleep to recharge their mindsAI generated image According to the Sleep Foundation, adults need 7 to 9 hours of sleep to make their brains well-rested. But women are not ...
AOL

New Research Shows Dreams Function as Sleep Quality Signals: What Can You Learn From Yours?

If you've ever woken up from a strange, vivid dream and thought what was that about? Good news. Science is finally catching up to that question, and the answers are actually pretty fascinating. It ...
Medical Xpress

Caffeine helps restore memory function after sleep loss, study shows

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have demonstrated that caffeine can restore social memory impaired by sleep deprivation by ...
The New York Times

One Sleep Habit Experts Wish You Would Adopt

Working this overlooked practice into your sleep routine could have real benefits for your health. By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi “How did you sleep?” You might answer that question by weighing how many ...
People

Poor Sleep Patterns Can Impact Brain Function, Increase the Risk of Dementia

Good sleep patterns are vital as the brain flushes toxins while asleep Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021. Getty A study found that poor ...
EurekAlert!

Moderate-to-regular daily sleep patterns are associated with enhanced cognitive function

Tsukuba, Japan—Daily sleep and activity are fundamental to both physical and mental health. Although previous studies have largely emphasized quantitative aspects such as sleep duration and physical ...
Scientific American

How Your Brain’s Nightly Cleanse Keeps It Healthy

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...