Students often sacrifice sleep for late-night studying during exams. Adequate sleep improves memory, focus, and overall ...

In a sleep lab on Brown’s campus researchers use now using caps of EEG sensors in studies of how the brain works to consolidate learning. Image via Brown University In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, ...

Researchers show for the first time that sleep after learning encourages the growth of dendritic spines, the tiny protrusions from brain cells that connect to other brain cells and facilitate the ...

Research from a team in Paris has found that new auditory memories can be formed while we sleep, as long as they are delivered during the right sleep phase. The idea we can form new memories while we ...

Our brains have an extraordinary ability to adapt and learn, a process known as neuroplasticity. From navigating a new city to mastering a new skill, neuroplasticity allows us to reshape our neural ...

Sleep consolidates memories and learning. Source: iStock/tommaso79 All day long, while we’re awake, our brains are busy. They take in the world, learn from our experiences, and form memories of what ...

Scientists have understood for several years how connecting learning to specific odor cues can enhance memorization if the same smells are then presented during certain sleep phases. An impressive new ...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the causal context of why deep sleep is important to the learning efficiency of the human brain. They have developed a new, noninvasive method for ...

Almost a century after the discovery that sleep helps us remember things, scientists are beginning to understand why. During sleep, the brain produces chemicals that are important to memory and ...

This age group needs around 11 to 14 hours total including naps. Most toddlers transition to one nap per day somewhere ...

When I was in high school, “zero hour” was a program offered to enterprising students who just wanted to get the heck out of ...