If you've been looking for a sign to work on your sleep hygiene, this is it. A new study suggests that a particular wave of sleep, called slow-wave sleep, plays an integral role in staving off ...

Deep sleep refers to slow-wave sleep — a stage in the sleep cycle when brain waves slow down. Getting enough deep sleep is crucial for numerous bodily functions. But how to increase deep sleep isn’t ...

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The key to keeping your wits about you as you age may lie in shut-eye during midlife. A study found that people over 60 who didn’t get enough slow-wave sleep — the third stage in the human sleep cycle ...

We all know that after a bad night’s sleep, we feel below par the next day, with our energy, mood and ability to concentrate all impacted. But over longer periods, poor sleep can have serious ...

It has been known for nearly 20 years that slow, synchronous electrical waves in the brain during deep sleep support the formation of memories. Why that is was previously unknown. Now, a team of ...