Getting some sleep in between study sessions may make it easier to recall what you studied and relearn what you’ve forgotten, even 6 months later, according to new findings from Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “Our results suggest that interleaving sleep between practice sessions leads to a twofold advantage, reducing the…
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Results from an international, randomized study show that an implanted nerve stimulator significantly improves symptoms in those with central sleep apnea, without causing serious side effects. Dr. William Abraham, co-lead author and director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, recently presented the findings. The study is published…
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Researchers from universities in the Netherlands and in Pennsylvania have discovered a piece in the puzzle of how sleep deprivation negatively affects memory. For the first time, a study in mice, to be published in the journal eLife, shows that five hours of sleep deprivation leads to a loss of connectivity between neurons in the hippocampus,…
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It’s been proven over the last few years that using smartphones, tablets, laptops, and even televisions before bed can negatively impact your sleep. The blue light emitted by the screens tells your brain that it’s time to wake up, when in fact it’s actually time to sleep. However, a new study is showing that plenty…
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Oxford University researchers have discovered what causes a switch to flip in our brains and wake us up. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, brings us closer to understanding the mystery of sleep. Sleep is governed by two systems–the circadian clock and the sleep homeostat. While the circadian clock is quite well understood, very…
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When you sleep, your brain is busy storing and consolidating things you learned that day — stuff you’ll need in your memory toolkit tomorrow, next week, or next year. For many people, especially those with neurological conditions, memory impairment can be a debilitating symptom that affects every-day life in profound ways. For the first time,…
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Children who experience inadequate or disrupted sleep are more likely to develop depression and anxiety disorders later in life. That’s according to new research conducted at the Sleep and Anxiety Center of Houston (SACH). Funded by a grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the study sought to determine the precise ways…
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What may sound like a joke at first could lead to a way for people to avoid a dangerous disease. For the first time, scientists have shown that malaria-transmitting mosquitoes actively avoid feeding on certain animal species such as chickens, using their sense of smell. Odors emitted by species such as chickens could provide protection for humans…
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Researchers from Washington State University’s Sleep and Performance Research Center received a $1.7 million grant to develop and test ways to reduce decision-making errors that contribute to failed military missions, industrial accidents, workplace injuries, financial losses and other serious consequences. Funding for the three-year project comes from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, a partnership between…
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We’ve all heard about the age-old practice of counting sheep to fall asleep faster. One researcher says it doesn’t work, but he has an alternative. Canadian cognitive scientist Luc Beaudoin has invented a new cure for insomnia, which he calls the “cognitive shuffle”. Essentially, it’s a method for deliberately scrambling your thoughts, so they make…
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