Light sleep is the beginning of your sleep cycle and your body's way of winding down. Breathing, heart rate and muscle changes prepare your body for the deeper sleep to come. Light sleep is broken ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists ...

When we send that little electrical pulse to your temple, your brain recognizes that pulse and begins to mimic the pulse, nudging your brain waves into the states that they need to be in to be better ...

Animals have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, taking micro naps during parenting, sleeping on the wing during ...

Each morning, your brain embarks on a remarkable series of events: it transitions from being asleep, potentially in an alternate reality, to waking up. Within a short time, you regain waking ...

Ever wake up convinced something happened that actually didn’t? That vivid memory of a conversation with your friend, a movie you’re sure you watched, or an event that feels completely real but never ...

Researchers tested what factors improve or worsen the quality of sleep in mice. A team including researchers from the ...

When sleep is skipped, the brain tries to sneak in those fluid pulses during wakefulness, especially when attention slips. "One way to think about those events is that your brain is so in need of ...

How does Somnee alter your brain waves? During the first part of the session, Somnee’s EEG sensors “listen” and map your brain waves. The second part is the stimulation, and this is where it gets a ...