According to new research from Washington State University Spokane, REM (rapid eye movement) sleep helps children convert experiences and new information into long-term memories. Their exploration of children’s sleep needs also found that antidepressants and stimulants are disruptive to this important stage of sleep. Published in the journal Science Advances, Professor Marcos Frank and his […]
While infants spend a lot of their time napping, scientists know very little about how it supports their growth and development during their first year. But now, as the first study of its kind, research from the University of Sheffield has revealed that those naps are critical to declarative memory consolidation, such as remembering events, […]
In many criminal cases, the account of an eyewitness carries great weight in impacting the verdict. How well do you trust your memory? A lack of sleep, which is considered by many to be a public health epidemic across the United States, may be linked to errors in memory as a new study conducted by […]
If you want to keep your brain healthy, you need quality rest. As we sleep, our brains are working overtime to solidify memories and remove dangerous neurotoxins. However, combining stress and sleep loss can lead our memories to fail us when we need it the most. According to a new study from Uppsala University in […]
According to new research, sleep not only helps memories not be forgotten, but it makes them easier for us to access and recall. The findings of researchers from the University of Exeter and the Basque Centre for Cognition, Brain and Language in Spain, provide evidence that we are more likely to remember specific information after […]
You may think you are better off without a full night’s rest, but the truth is we are all more productive with even the slightest increase. According to BBC’s Michael Mosley, increasing the time you spend snoozing by an hour, you can upgrade your sleep quality, which in turn upgrades the quality of your day […]
Are you struggling to complete a new project or preparing for a test? According to a study published in the journal Sleep, and conducted by study researcher Sean P.A. Drummond, there is a reason why after a night of poor sleep, we feel as though we are working harder to complete tasks. The Huffington Post […]
New research from scientists in Hungary suggests that children with sleep disordered breathing have their memory process disrupted during sleep. Led by Eszter Csabi, the researchers from Eötvös Loránd University and the University of Szeged analyzed different memory processes of 17 children with sleep disordered breathing who were between the ages of 6 and 12, […]
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