Australian scientists came to their conclusions after gathering data from couples who were given a strict sex schedule and ...

What if we could obtain the memory, learning and perception benefits of “power naps” without actually sleeping?

Your body is designed for sleep, says the psychotherapist Heather Darwall-Smith. It’s not something you have to “perform”. It ...

A new study reveals how the brain reprocesses and refines memories during sleep, particularly those related to spatial ...

Why is sleep so important for learning and memory? Neuroscientists from the Csicsvari group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) provided new insight into this essential function ...

French explorer Michel Siffre first went into a cave for two months in 1962. 10 years later, he took up the challenge again ...

Sleep is known to contribute to the healthy functioning of the brain and the consolidation of memories. Past psychology ...

Experts recommend the same amount of sleep for both men and women, but research suggests that fluctuations in women’s hormones throughout their lifetime may affect their sleep patterns.

Although the mechanism of problem-solving in sleep is uncertain, theories such as memory reactivation and reorganization ...

It was a curious sight: five or six glassy-eyed people staring back from the laptop screen, yawning in tandem on a Zoom call each week, learning how to sleep. The course of group cognitive ...