Symptoms, Treatment and Help for Common Sleep Disorders Most of us have experienced trouble sleeping at one time or another. This is normal and usually temporary, due to stress or other outside factors.… Continue reading
Aug. 11, 2013 — Addiction to smoking and other substances involves a particular set of brain areas related to self-control, according to numerous research. For a new study, researchers wondered if a training… Continue reading
What are some of the major reasons why we forget information? One of today’s best known memory researchers, Elizabeth Loftus, has identified four major reasons why people forget: retrieval failure, interference, failure to… Continue reading
Do you find yourself forgetting where you left your keys or blanking out information on… Continue reading
From forgetting where you left your keys to forgetting to return a phone call, memory failures are an almost daily occurrence. Forgetting is so common that we typically rely on numerous methods to… Continue reading
Exercise is a common prescription for insomnia. But hitting the treadmill one day won’t translate into better sleep that… Continue reading
Until the 1950s, most people thought of sleep as a passive, dormant part of our daily lives. We now know that our brains are very active during sleep. Moreover, sleep affects our daily… Continue reading
July 25, 2013 — Children’s sleep disruption is worse with increased time spent watching TV or playing on the computer, finds… Continue reading
Sleep cycles, REM indicated in red. Sleep progresses in a cyclical fashion through five stages. Four of these stages are collectively referred to asnon-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep whereas the last cycle is… Continue reading
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) released is first international poll today, the 2013 International Bedroom Poll, comparing sleep times, attitudes, habits and bedtime routines of those in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the… Continue reading
