Non-REM sleep helps regenerate skin, bone, muscle, mood, and blood sugar, provides energy, and detoxifies, according to ...

Sleeping for only a few minutes at a time? While this might sound like a true ordeal for humans, it's no problem for some ...

Horses with more than 30 minutes of REM sleep per night show greater motivation and perseverance in demanding learning tasks ...

A Penn Medicine study challenges sound machine benefits, finding that "pink noise" disrupts deep sleep and REM cycles, while earplugs are proven more effective.

The brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like important memories to be stored, according to new ...

Hearing a sound while working on a complex puzzle, and then hearing it again during sleep, helped lucid dreamers better ...

Rather than promoting better quality sleep, pink noise and other ambient noises may harm sleep quality more generally.

Sound machines and “sleep sounds” are often marketed as a cure for restless nights, but new research suggests they may actually be working against the brain.

Got a problem? Science says you should sleep on it.

Just as for humans, sufficient sleep supports learning and coping for horses. A recent study at the University of Helsinki indicates that short periods of REM sleep impair horses' perseverance and ...

REM, also known as Rapid Eye Movement is where most dreaming occurs, brain activity increases, and the body becomes temporarily paralysed.While brain activity is high, the body experiences a temporary ...

A new study finds pink noise may reduce Rem sleep and disrupt overnight brain recovery, raising concerns over sleep apps and ...