sleep

A recent study shows that NBA players performed worse in games where they had spent the previous night staying up late and Tweeting.

If you’re constantly tired because you can’t break your bad sleeping patterns, this super smart Sunrise Pillow might put you back in the game.

A “new” field of medicine called chronotherapy demonstrates that following nature’s cycles, as our ancestors did, is integral to proper biological and cognitive function.

The pair of papers suggest that sleep is crucial in order to wipe out memories. Yep – it turns out that, sometimes, it’s smart to forget.

Your brain isn’t the only organ processing your day while you sleep. Dr. Emeran Mayer explains the circular processing of emotion and memory that goes on between your brain and your digestive system, and how the latter can “dream”.

Just imagining movement fires the same neurons as if we were actually moving. A new study shows we can wake our sleeping mind to practice motor skills in our dreams.  

Nikola Tesla, Franz Kafka, and Winston Churchill all practiced polyphasic sleep.