You’ve probably heard of white noise before, whether you’ve slept with it or used it to concentrate ― but did you know there ...

Seeking a sleep solution that doesn't involve supplements? Personalized neurostimulation from the comfort of your bed is now an option. Aly Lopez Former Writer I Aly Lopez was a writer on the sleep ...

Just as a conductor coordinates different instruments in an orchestra to produce a symphony, breathing coordinates hippocampal brain waves to strengthen memory while we sleep, reports a new ...

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.

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 ...

During sleep, the brain cleans itself, turning up the flow of cerebrospinal fluid through the gray matter parenchyma to wash away waste. What powers this flow? In the February 28 Nature online, ...

Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. Loss of slow-wave sleep as you age may ...

Slow waves that usually only occur in the brain during sleep are also present during wakefulness in people with epilepsy and may protect against increased brain excitability associated with the ...

Sleep-like slow-wave patterns persist for years in surgically disconnected neural tissue of awake epilepsy patients, according to a study published October 16 th in the open-access journal PLOS ...