Do bad dreams serve a real purpose? To answer this question, researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Swit...

Vivid dreams involving drinking and drug use are common among individuals in recovery. A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Recovery Researc...

After one night of inadequate sleep, brain activity ramps up in pain-sensing regions while activity is scaled back in areas responsible for modulating how we...

Adolescents require 8-10 hours of sleep at night for optimal health, according to sleep experts, yet more than 70 percent of high school students get less th...

Here is a really interesting article published in the Big Think that explains the links between sleep and PTSD. Click here to read.

There has always been a strong connection between depression and sleep. But does depression affect sleep or sleep affect depression? A large scale British ...

In exploring sleep patterns people are surprised how we used to sleep in two shorter blocks of time rather than in an eight hour block. The Big Think have re...

During the hours of sleep the memory performs a cleaning shift. A study led by a Spanish scientist at the University of Cambridge reveals that when we sleep,...

The debate in sleep science has gone on for a generation. People and other animals sicken and die if they are deprived of sleep, but why is sleep so essentia...

Lucid dreaming is a state of sleep whereby you realize you are in a dream and have the ability to consciously control what happens next. It is like a built i...

As one of the 30 per cent of the population that experiences sleep paralysis, I am fascinated with the subject. Discussion of the phenomena is always fascin...

Many years ago I recall Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrell suggesting that schizophrenia may be caused by dream centers in the brain. A recent study has been publis...

Around 75% of children and adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) also have sleep problems, but until now these have been thought to be ...

Teenagers are the most sleep deprived group in society. Whilst sleep requirements tail-off across childhood, they increase again sharply during adolescence....