A study using electroencephalography found that the extent of memory retention after sleep is associated with time spent in slow wave sleep. The location where the brain shows neural activity ...

Have you ever jolted awake in the middle of the night, heart racing, drenched in sweat, with no memory of what happened?

Mass General Brigham researchers developed an AI tool to accurately predict which patients will develop cognitive impairment over the next five years by analyzing brain wave patterns during sleep Mass ...

Gamma brain waves are rhythmic electric processes in nerve cells called neurons. Nerve activity in the brain allows for communication throughout the brain to carry out functions such as memory, ...

Science Correspondent Martin Stew meets scientists from Imperial trying to crack the mystery in dementia research: the link between sleep and brain health.

Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic pain from no clear source. Patients with fibromyalgia frequently have sleep problems: Their deep sleep brain wave patterns are often disrupted by brain waves ...

Now there’s a new breed of wearables—built for your head. Instead of tracking your step count, heart rate, and skin ...

The brain is constantly mapping the external world like a GPS, even when we don't know about it. This activity comes in the form of tiny electrical signals sent between neurons—specialized cells that ...