New neuroscience reveals sleep is an active brain process, not just rest. Parts of your brain remain awake during deep sleep, while others shut down. This nightly 'cleaning cycle' clears waste and ...
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 ...
Sleep takes up nearly one-third of a person’s life, yet many still wonder what really happens while we rest. Until the mid-20th century, scientists believed sleep was simply a time when the body and ...
There is no question a good night's sleep is good for your physical and mental well-being. Two recent studies add to our picture of how this works. One showed a way the brain, during deep sleep, could ...
PHOENIX, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aside from their great minds, Nicola Tesla, Leonardo Davinci, and Thomas Edison all had something else in common -- they all slept only 2-4 hours in any given ...
You might think you’re powering through that all-nighter, but your brain knows better. A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reveals that even when you’re awake and alert, ...
If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...
The brain fluid, known as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), acts as a glymphatic system, actively process with neuronal signal to strengthen memories during deep sleep (1 Trusted Source Human deep sleep ...