Friday, 25 May, 2012

Golfer-doctor finds that treating apnea cuts golf scores; sees new motivator for wearing nighttime masks.

As the day wears on, both sleep pressure and the brain’s alerting signal rise, until sleep pressure triumphs. [Nod]. New brain study explains why night owls don’t get as sleepy during the day.

Following Sigmund Freud, many people used to believe dreams were a way of dealing with thoughts and issues that were too painful or bizarre to confront during waking life. From this idea, the entire field of dream interpretation emerged. Most scientists no longer believe this, though. “The truth is, we don’t really know why we [...]

Life is all about three things – eating, sleeping and getting old. Think about it.

Popular music has always been obsessed with dreams. Since dreams turn up in music all the time, it’s only fair that music should sometimes entertain the sleeping brain by intruding into dreams.

Hibernation gives clues about tissue preservation, organ transplants, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, brain behavior, and mating behavior. As the sun goes away, we look into the long snooze.

Sleep survey finds Americans quite short of sleep but working more. 69% of Americans have at least 1 symptom of a sleep disorder.

Does napping make you smarter? This bird thinks so!