With commercial EEG hardware, [Michael] is able to communicate ... he’s busy writing an algorithm that will detect REM sleep and play an audio track while he’s in a dream state to trigger ...

REM sleep also seems essential for regulating mood ... The action in dream sleep takes place too deep in the brain to register well on an EEG, but with newer technology, we’ve inferred what ...

Further analyses revealed that the temporal variations in the EEG power spectra were distinct during periods of non-rapid eye movement (REM) and REM sleep. The previously observed differences in ...

For unknown reasons, REM is the time during sleep when we do nearly all our dreaming. As the EEG records this fitful voyage, the polysomnogram technicians also measure body temperature ...

Researchers have not only found a dream switch but may have figured out how to flip it, potentially transforming sleep medicine as we know it.

A significant breakthrough in the understanding of sleep mechanism opens new promise for treating sleep disorders and associated neuropsychiatric conditions: Scientists have pinpointed the melatonin ...

A recent study from the Research Institute at McGill University Health Center may improve the treatment of sleep disorders ...

His work using all-night electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings allowed Kleitman and his team to ... At times during sleep, the brain will also shift back up into rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep.

The study shows that the more time Santa's multi-tasking sleigh pullers spend ruminating, the less time they spend in non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep. EEG recordings of brain activity ...

The study of cat dreams, known as "feline onirology," is relatively recent, and research is ongoing. However, scientists have made significant progress in understanding the sleep patterns and brain ...

Deep sleep is often confused with REM sleep, but the two are actually different. Deep sleep is the part of your sleep cycle in which your body recovers from the day. During deep sleep, your body ...