Forget deep sleep — track this metric instead for longevity instead, say experts

A new study has explored strong links between REM sleep and a risk of 83 diseases. Experts explain why you might be missing ...

Scientists studied what sleep talkers said in their sleep — and found out who curses most

With 2 in 3 people sleep talking, researchers took a closer look at what people are saying and who’s swearing the most.
Medical Xpress

Study finds brain waves can be manipulated during REM sleep

Brain waves can be manipulated while in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a sleep stage associated with memory and cognition, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Novel technology, using ...
Psychology Today

Rapid Eye Movement Sleep May Have Life-Preserving Benefits

REM is the sleep cycle stage when dreaming occurs. Rapid eye movement "dream sleep" occurs cyclically about every 90 minutes in between the other "dreamless" stages of non-REM (NREM) sleep. Source: ...

Is core sleep just 'light' sleep? Here’s why it matters

A wearable tracker can’t always tell the whole story of how well you slept the night before. Here's what "core sleep" is and ...
Healio

Machine-learning method detects REM sleep behavior disorder with nearly 92% accuracy

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The AI-based algorithm analyzed movements during REM ...
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Study suggests that eye movements during REM sleep responsible for resetting dream 'snapshots'

Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, the period in which we experience vivid dreams, was discovered by scientists in the 1950s. Because REM sleep is associated with dreaming, on the one hand, and eye ...