You've probably heard of the phrase REM (rapid eye movement.) But you might be less clear on the crucial role this sleep stage has on our overall health and wellbeing. During each night ...

Deep sleep is often confused with REM sleep, but the two are actually different. Deep sleep is the part of your sleep cycle in which your body recovers from the day. During deep sleep, your body ...

Lucid dreaming, the phenomenon where dreamers become aware they are dreaming and can influence their dreams, is now recognized as a distinct state of consciousness. Research led by Çağatay Demirel ...

Antidepressants that inhibit REM sleep are associated with prolonged survival in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a ...

REM sleep was found to play a restorative role ... with increased connectivity between the default mode network (DMN) and cognitive control network (CCN) and reduced DMN-thalamus connectivity ...

Study findings elucidated that the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stage was closely associated with connections within and between the default mode network (DMN), the cingulo-opercular network ...

Scientists have long noted eerie parallels between psychedelic trips and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the stage during which you dream. Some even suggest psychedelics could induce a “waking ...

The last of four phases of increasingly deep sleep that we cycle through many times each night, "rapid eye movement" (REM) is when we dream and when the brain processes memories and files them ...

Now, a study suggests that people who take significantly longer to start the dream phase of sleep, known as rapid eye movement (REM), may be experiencing an early symptom of the disease. REM follows ...