How the Sleeping Brain Works with Emotions
Researchers have identified how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep to consolidate the storage of positive emotions while dampening the consolidation of negative ones.
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Longer Naps During the Day Could be a Sign of Early Dementia
Excessive napping can foreshadow cognitive decline in older adults and sleep may play a significant role in Alzheimer’s development, a recent study found.
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DOD Funds Initiative to Enhance Brain Cleansing During Sleep
The proposed technology for improving glymphatic function is a wireless, combined electroencephalography/transcranial electrical stimulation headband.
Sounds That We Are Exposed to During Sleep Change the Brain
Scientists have discovered that odors and sounds presented during sleep can influence brain activity to enhance the learning and memory benefits of sleep.
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Will Oral Appliances One Day Be an Early Intervention for Alzheimer’s Disease?
A study examines whether alleviating snoring in people with mild cognitive impairment and with Alzheimer’s influences their cognition.
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The Science of Dreams
We have thoughts, visions and feelings while we sleep, experiencing a virtual reality of sorts. But how and why does dreaming happen?
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Sleep Problems Pervasive, Persistent Among Children with Epilepsy
Not only are reported sleep concerns highly prevalent in children with epilepsy, but these issues may potentially even get worse with age.
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Is There a Link Between Sleep Apnea and Autism?
Sleep apnea in pregnancy may increase the risk for brain and behavioral changes associated with autism, especially in males, according to a study in rats.
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How Circadian Medicine Could Slow Alzheimer’s
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are studying how light therapy impacts Alzheimer’s.
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Lucid Dreaming & Sleep Science
Richmond Magazine: Scientists tap into the dreamscape, learning what they are, what they do, and how we might be able to control them.
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Sleep & Alzheimer’s Disease: New Circadian Link Identified
The brain’s ability to clear a protein closely linked to Alzheimer’s disease is tied to our circadian cycle, according to new research.
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Sleeping Longer Than 6.5 Hours a Night Associated With Cognitive Decline
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine have published a paper that indicates that just like getting too little sleep, sleeping too much may also be linked with cognitive decline.
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What Does the Sleeping Brain Think About?
Using artificial intelligence, scientists at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, were able to better understand what we think about when we are asleep.
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How the Brain Tunes Into Unfamiliar Voices While You’re Sleeping – And Why It Matters
A new study suggests that one way the brain discriminates between safe and potentially harmful sounds is by reacting differently to familiar and unfamiliar voices.
Read MoreInsomnia Common After Traumatic Brain Injury
Many adults with a traumatic brain injury had a persistent form of insomnia for up to 12 months, according to a prospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.
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Optimizing Sleep Spindle Detection May Ultimately Help ID Dementia
A new study could help improve automated methods for detecting sleep spindles and for correlating them with cognitive function.
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Smoke Exposure in Early Stages of Life Alters Sleep Patterns in Adults
Pre-natal exposure to nicotine and its by-products produces long-term effects on sleep and stress-response in some areas of the brain.
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The Brain Pays Attention to Unfamiliar Voices During Sleep
Researchers at the University of Salzburg measured the brain activity of sleeping adults in response to familiar and unfamiliar voices. Unfamiliar voices elicited more K-complexes, a type of brain wave linked to sensory perturbances during sleep.
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