A study on birds finds that when jackdaws are sleep-deprived, they stop sleeping with one eye open and enter deeper sleep, risking safety.

A new study using intracranial recordings in humans reveals that the thalamus, particularly its higher-order regions, plays a central role in triggering conscious perception.

Scientists explored how the human brain might represent information about physical spaces and about people, places and things ...

Spending lower proportions of time in two deep sleep stages — including REM sleep — may be linked to volume changes in ...

Elon Musk has long been associated with gruelling work schedules and minimal sleep, a lifestyle choice that he has openly ...

If you’re a busy person and want to make the most of your day, sleep quality plays a huge role in how you perform while the ...

The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that tiny energy-sensing channels in ...

Researchers discovered that ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in the brain play a pivotal role in sleep regulation.

These findings imply that brain stimulation could deliver some of the benefits of naps without sleep. The results in primates ...