A barely noticeable sound delivered at exactly the right moment during sleep may give one of the brain’s overnight maintenance systems a boost. MIT researchers found that precisely timed bursts of ...

Your sleeping brain is not quiet. Electrical waves roll across it, blood vessels rhythmically change size and cerebrospinal ...

Researchers say timing of sound during deep sleep is key ...

Carefully timed sounds can make fluid waves larger in the sleeping brain, giving researchers a new way to study how brain activity and CSF flow are connected.

Think pink for better sleep and extra brain benefits. While research is mixed about the benefits of background noise during ...

If you need the whirl of a fan to fall asleep, you’re not alone. Many people use white noise-like sounds to drown out unwanted noise. If you’re struggling to sleep, there are certain sounds, like ...

In 1996, in an episode called “Messages from Earth,” part of the beloved sci-fi TV series Babylon 5, Captain John Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) confesses to his Minbari colleague Delenn (the late, great ...

RAPT Ventures is focused on brain development in babies. Suffice it to say, my past and present worlds collided in a big way when I interviewed Dr. April Benasich last month over email. Dr. Benasich ...

Getting a good night’s sleep is hard. A third of all American adults report getting less than the daily recommended amount of sleep nearly every night. Too little noise, and the mind starts to race.

Whether it’s street traffic or a snoring partner, disruptive sounds can sabotage your sleep before it even begins. The best white noise machines not only drown out these nuisances, they also provide ...