The clock reads 2:37 a.m. Your mind races while your body exhausts itself tossing beneath tangled sheets. If this midnight misery sounds familiar, you’re far from alone. Nearly 70 million Americans ...

The brain is constantly active during the day: new impressions, thoughts, and information are processed, strengthening the connections between nerve cells (synapses). These strengthened synaptic ...

The 4 7 8 method doesn't work for me when I'm anxious, but this psychological hack always helps me fall asleep in minutes. Here's how it works.

I joined the Tom’s Guide team back in August 2024 as the Sleep Features Editor. Since then, I’ve interviewed neuroscientists, been hooked up to brain wave monitors and spoken to countless sleep ...

How does your brain wake up from sleep? A study of more than 1,000 arousals from slumber has revealed precisely how the brain bestirs itself during the transition to alertness 1 — a finding that might ...

A recent study by scientists from the University Medical School of Freiburg (Germany), the University Hospitals of Geneva ...

UC Berkeley researchers mapped the brain circuits that control growth hormone during sleep, uncovering a feedback system where sleep fuels hormone release, and the hormone regulates wakefulness. The ...

Even a short afternoon nap can help the brain recover and improve its ability to learn. In a study published on January 22, 2026, in the journal NeuroImage, researchers at the Medical Center - ...