People with insomnia experience heightened morning hyperarousal, especially after poor sleep. This link suggests that improving sleep quality may help reduce daytime hyperarousal symptoms in insomnia.
Daily energy drink consumption among students is linked to shorter sleep duration, poorer sleep quality, and increased insomnia symptoms compared to those who rarely or never consume energy drinks.
A study found that higher stress levels in university students led to increased bedtime procrastination, resulting in shorter sleep duration and lower sleep quality. Bedtime procrastination mediated the link between daily stress and poor sleep outcomes.
Objective sleep data has confirmed that evening types take longer to fall asleep, especially those with a history of depression.
A new study reveals that exposure to morning sunlight is linked to improved sleep quality later that night, while the total time spent in sunlight has little effect.
A study found that adolescents exposed to more parental conflict experienced lower sleep efficiency and more wake episodes in emerging adulthood, linking family stress during adolescence to long-term sleep problems. The findings highlight lasting impacts of parental conflict on sleep.
Researchers discovered a brain mechanism during sleep, called BARR, that silences neurons in the hippocampus to reset memory pathways. This process prevents overload, allowing the brain to store new information without exhausting neural resources.
A study reveals that political party affiliation influences sleep quality, with Republicans in Arizona sleeping better than Democrats and Independents, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A study on parabolic flights found that while participants reported better sleep after experiencing brief weightlessness, objective data showed their sleep was actually more fragmented, revealing a surprising disconnect between perception and reality.
Recent findings published in the Journal of Neuroscience provide evidence that motor memories are significantly enhanced when sleep occurs shortly after practice.
A study reveals that more REM sleep early in the semester predicts higher test anxiety before exams, suggesting that "dream sleep" may influence how students experience stress during academically challenging periods.
Overweight teens experience greater cognitive impairments from sleep restriction compared to their healthy-weight peers, particularly in global cognition, fluid cognition, cognitive flexibility, and attention, according to new research.
New research explores how the absence of social connections impacts our mental well-being, focusing on an unexpected area of life affected by loneliness.
A study found that older adults identifying as 'night owls' have higher cognitive scores than morning types. Normal sleep duration (7-9 hours) is linked to better cognition, while excessive sleep correlates with lower cognitive performance.
A study found that high-quality sleep during the weekend improves mental reattachment to work on Monday, reducing exhaustion throughout the workweek.