We ask an expert why REM sleep is so important, what happens if we don't get enough of it and how to get more REM sleep.

In the late 1800s scientists began to interrogate the neurological basis of dreams. That changed in Sigmund Freud’s time but ...

A new study showed that people who took longer to enter this dream phase of sleep had higher levels of amyloid beta and tau, ...

There is no definitive explanation for how a dream neurologically transitions from being ordinary to becoming lucid or vivid, ...

Delayed REM sleep may be linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new research found. Here's how to build a healthy ...

Recent studies reveal how the timing of dreams may offer clues to Alzheimer's risk. How sleep patterns impact cognitive health and prevention.

Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered how sleep helps strengthen memories linked to ...

Prolonged rapid eye movement sleep latency may be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have uncovered how perceptual memories linked to positive ...

If feeling groggy most mornings or being prone to colds sounds familiar, improving your REM sleep quota could make all the difference. Also known as dream sleep, as it’s when we tend to dream ...

“What a weird and wondrous experience it is that we get thrown into these virtual worlds where we meet people, we interact with them, where we can feel all kinds of emotions,” Antonio Zadra, a sleep ...