Researchers may have discovered the key to understanding human consciousness

For centuries, people have wondered what separates being awake from being asleep, dreaming, or unconscious. Scientists have ...

How the sleeping brain simulates the world during REM sleep

In his wildest dreams, HHMI Investigator Massimo Scanziani never imagined he'd study sleep. But, when a postdoc in the lab ...
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A Biological Signature of Consciousness Found

Neuropsychology researchers at LMU have discovered a rhythm in the midbrain that could serve as a bio-physiological signature for specific states of consciousness. The thalamus is a deep-lying ...
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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 ...