Fish reveal four distinct sleep states, including three with eye movements

Humans and other mammals cycle through distinct sleep phases. One of them is easily recognized by the darting motion of the ...
Psychology Today

Rapid Eye Movement Sleep May Have Life-Preserving Benefits

REM is the sleep cycle stage when dreaming occurs. Rapid eye movement "dream sleep" occurs cyclically about every 90 minutes in between the other "dreamless" stages of non-REM (NREM) sleep. Source: ...
Popular Mechanics

The Pentagon Is Trying to Modulate Your REM Sleep

A Department of Defense-led research project wants to modulate REM sleep to help ease stress. The study also aims to enhance REM sleep in order to consolidate traumatic memories. Controlling REM sleep ...
Science Daily

How stress activates neurons that disrupt sleep

New research reveals that neurons in the preoptic hypothalamus -- the region of the brain that regulates sleep and body temperature -- are rhythmically activated during non-rapid eye movement sleep ...
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Three common sleep myths people still believe are true

We spend roughly a third of our lives sleeping so it’s no surprise that there are a lot of myths surrounding the activity.
Healio

Machine-learning method detects REM sleep behavior disorder with nearly 92% accuracy

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The AI-based algorithm analyzed movements during REM ...
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REM sleep latency linked to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia pathophysiology

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prolonged REM sleep latency was associated with three key Alzheimer’s-specific pathological changes. REM sleep ...