We all know that sleep is good for us. Studies have long demonstrated the link between rest and our overall health – which, ...

What do you imagine a good night’s sleep to be? Often when people come into our sleep clinic seeking treatment, they share ideas about healthy sleep. Many think when their head hits the pillow, they ...

Sleep is often treated as downtime, a passive break between the real business of being awake. But a new study has revealed that sleep is active, essential biology, showing how the brain uses the night ...

You’ve heard of REM sleep but what about deep sleep? Experts share why it’s important and how to make sure you’re getting enough of it.

Getting enough quality sleep is essential to strong memory function. Understanding the sleep-memory connection may help you learn to prioritize sleep and improve your memory.

"Complex processes are going on in the brain when we sleep," says Dr Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. According to her, a more precise ...

Deep sleep, like all sleep stages, helps you feel refreshed when you wake up. The proportion of time you need to spend in ...

Scientists have assembled the largest collection of dream data ever created, pooling more than 2,600 sleep recordings from ...