More Reason To Sleep On It: Sorting Out The Brain’s ‘Inbox’

                Imagine you’re cleaning off your desk. You sort some papers into folders with the relevant labels. Others you red-tag as “urgent” or yellow-tag as “semi-urgent.”… Continue reading →

Connections in children’s brains strengthen during sleep

  While young children sleep, connections between the left and the right hemispheres of their brain strengthen, which may help brain functions mature, according to a new study by the University of Colorado… Continue reading →

If You Sleep Better, Your Brain will improve – If you don’t, it won’t.

Sleep boosts production of brain support cells Sleep increases the reproduction of the cells that go on to form the insulating material on nerve cell projections in the brain and spinal cord known… Continue reading →

Suffering from Insomnia? Neurofeedback could be your answer!

Neurofeedback for insomnia: a pilot study of Z-score SMR and individualized protocols. Department of Psychophysiology, Helfgott Research Institute, National College of Natural Medicine, 049 SW Porter Street, Portland, OR 97201-4848, USA. Appl Psychophysiol… Continue reading →

Couples sleep in sync when wife is satisfied with their marriage

            A new study suggests that couples are more likely to sleep in sync when the wife is more satisfied with their marriage. Results show that overall synchrony… Continue reading →

Gestational diabetes tied to seven-fold increase in sleep apnea risk

                                Aug. 20, 2013 — Women diagnosed with gestational diabetes are nearly seven times more likely to have… Continue reading →

Why does the brain remember dreams?

            Poor sleep quality may impact Alzheimer’s disease onset and progression. This is according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of… Continue reading →

Little or poor sleep may be associated with worse brain function when aging

  Research published in PLOS ONE by researchers at the University of Warwick indicates that sleep problems are associated with worse memory and executive function in older people. Sleep is important for good… Continue reading →

A week’s worth of camping synchs internal clock

Aug. 1, 2013 — Spending just one week exposed only to natural light while camping in the Rocky Mountains was enough to synch the circadian clocks of eight people participating in a University… Continue reading →

Anxiety Leads to Severe Procrastination Leads to Failure

based):     This is an anonymous letter from one of my clients  explaining his issues with Anxiety and Procrastination (permission based): Hi Tess, I have a long history of procrastination and need… Continue reading →