While zoning out occasionally happened after a full night's slumber, it was much more common after the participants had ...

AI can help humans reach their cognitive “flow state,” says author Mithu Storoni, by balancing challenge and ability.

If future tests confirm safety and function, they could complement, not replace ... The safer path focuses on established ...

This election, voters will decide on Proposition 14, which would establish the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of ...

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

We spend about one-third of our lives asleep, and yet, the secret of how our brain falls asleep remains one of the greatest mysteries of neuroscience ...

After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off when you should be paying attention.

An MIT study reveals what happens in the brain as lapses of attention occur following sleep deprivation. During these lapses, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the brain — a process that ...

The areas most affected by atrophy are the hippocampus, where the cells start declining and shrink (plays role in memory); the front lobe (judgement and everyday decision making); and temporal lobe ...

New research shows that during moments of lost focus after poor sleep, the brain releases a wave of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)—the same cleansing process that normally occurs during deep sleep.

Scientists found that attention lapses due to sleep deprivation coincide with a flushing of fluid from the brain.