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November 18, 2025 knowingneurons

The Ultimate College Dilemma: Should I study or sleep?

By Pin Hsuan (Jessica) Yeh, Rumaisa Noorayn Subhani, and Saathvik Kochikar Pai “Sleep or study?” Mary thought to herself. Mary is a college freshman encountering the dilemma faced by most… Read more

Infographics Sleep

March 14, 2024 Saba Eylül Özyurt

Sleep Awareness Week – Knowing Sleep

Written and Illustrated by Eylül Özyurt Edited by Mary Bullock, Kayla y Lim, and Gil Torten… Read more

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Sleep Aging Cognition Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

July 11, 2023 Mary Bullock

Alzheimer’s Disease: When Brains Stay Up Past Bedtime

By Mary Bullock Cooper Do you have a bedtime? If you answered no… I’m sorry, but everyone has a bedtime! This bedtime is unlike the one in childhood that is… Read more

Science Policy Brain Development Cognition Sleep

June 20, 2023 Caitlin Goodpaster

How TikTok Hijacks Your Brain

By Caitlin Goodpaster TikTok, a video-sharing app that has taken the world by storm, was first introduced as Douyin in 2016 in China, where it gained 100 million users in… Read more

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Infographics Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sleep

May 15, 2023 Kayla Lim

Knowing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

In this infographic, Kayla Lim discusses the basics of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and intricacies related to long COVID! Edited by Zoe Dobler, Vidya Saravanapandian, and Julia LaValley… Read more

Science Policy Sleep

March 16, 2023 Mary Bullock

The Cost of Daylight Savings

By Mary Bullock Spring forward an hour in March or fall back an hour in November… you know the drill. It’s once again that time of year when everyone asks… Read more

Sleep

October 19, 2022 Javeria Shahid

Everything You Need To Know About Lucid Dreaming In 6 Minutes Or Less

By Javeria Shahid What is lucid dreaming? Have you ever found yourself in control of a dream? Lucid dreaming is a state in which a person is aware that they… Read more

Sleep Brain Basics Consciousness Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

December 30, 2019 Mira Rakicevic

Sleep Paralysis: What Is It and What Causes It?

Sleep paralysis is a type of REM parasomnia or abnormal behavior that takes place during the REM sleep cycle. Also known as sleep atonia, this condition refers to the feeling… Read more

Image split in half with two backgrounds, day and night, with a watch in the center. A face on the watch is half awake on the day side of the image and asleep on the night side. Illustrated by McCall Sarrett.

Sleep Collaborations Neuroscience Technologies

August 28, 2019 Joel Frohlich

What I Learned from Tracking My Sleep with Fitbit for Two Months

If someone had told me a year ago that he sleeps with his watch on at night, I’d probably wonder just how eccentric of a personality I was dealing with.… Read more

Sleep Consciousness

July 5, 2018 Patrick McNamara

Our Dreams Have Many Purposes, Changing Across the Lifespan

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]lthough radically different in terms of their content and feel, the range of dream states are just as complex as waking states. If we look across an individual’s lifetime, we… Read more

Sleep Brain Basics Culture

June 14, 2018 Joel Frohlich

The Wisdom of the Sloth: Is Sleep a Lost Virtue?

In the sixth century, Pope Gregory I compiled an infamous list of seven deadly sins. Of these seven, sloth is the only sin named for an animal in English. But… Read more

Sensation and Perception Learning and Memory Neuroscience Technologies Sleep

December 21, 2017 Sophie Fessl

How Binaural Beats Affect Your Brain – and How They Don’t

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he beat is low and steady – but it’s all just in my head… While I’m sitting on my couch, listening to some smooth jazz, there is a faint beat… Read more

Brain Basics Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sleep

October 31, 2017 Sean Noah

The inescapable nightmare of fatal familial insomnia

A family curse During the early 1980’s, an Italian physician was investigating a mysterious and dreadful disease that had long plagued his family. In earlier generations, this disease had killed… Read more

Weird Animal Brain Brain Basics Did You Know?Sleep

October 10, 2016 Kayleen Schreiber

Weird animal brain: Bottlenose dolphin

Marine mammals, such as dolphins, whales, and porpoises, spend their entire lives at sea. Like us, they need to breathe, avoid danger, and care for their young. Like us, they… Read more

52 Brain Facts Sleep

August 8, 2016 knowingneurons

Myth or Fact? Your brain paralyzes your body when you sleep.

52 Brain Facts Sleep

July 4, 2016 knowingneurons

Myth or Fact? A misfolded protein can cause you to never sleep again.

Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sleep

December 2, 2015 knowingneurons

Melatonin: An Old Hormone with New Tricks

Melatonin: you’ve undoubtedly seen it in the supplement aisle at the drugstore…that natural sleep remedy your aunt recommended once, sounding vaguely like a portmanteau of mellow and serotonin. But between… Read more

Screensavers of the Brain: The Science of Dreaming

Consciousness Did You Know?Sleep

September 2, 2015 Joel Frohlich

Screensavers of the Brain: The Science of Dreaming

Each night, you place your head on your pillow, close your eyes, and, barring insomnia, you lose consciousness of the world around you, drifting into blissful oblivion. Eventually, you reawaken,… Read more

Did You Know?Sleep

August 26, 2015 knowingneurons

Messing with the ‘Flip-Flop’ Switch: Why Getting Sick Makes You Sleepy

We all know how it feels to be sick. The fatigue, increased sleep, and general malaise that accompany a cold are the primary reasons people stay bedridden when ill. Even… Read more

Neuro News SfN 2014 Sleep

November 15, 2014 Kate Fehlhaber

WIDE AWAKE at #SfN14

There’s always one person snoring through the talk you’re trying to listen to at SfN. That person might even be you at some point during this meeting! Whether you are… Read more

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Neuro News Sensation and Perception Sleep

November 25, 2013 Kate Fehlhaber

Sleep ‘til you’re Hungry. Eat ‘til you’re Sleepy.

Have you ever tried to go to sleep hungry? Believe me, it doesn’t work. You just end up lying in bed, listening to your stomach growl, and dreaming about your… Read more

Sweet Dreams or Amyloid Nightmares by Knowing Neurons

Aging Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sleep

November 7, 2013 Jillian L. Shaw

Sweet Dreams or Amyloid Nightmares

Sleep deprivation has become a badge of honor in our modern society. Competitions break out in coffee shop lines over who is functioning on the least number of Zzzzzs and… Read more

Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sleep

April 22, 2013 Kate Fehlhaber

From Turkey Comas To New Disease Treatments

Neurodegenerative disorders, like Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s disease, are devastating. As you can imagine, witnessing the slow and progressive loss of a loved one’s mental and emotional states is an extremely… Read more

Brain Development Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sleep

April 17, 2013 Jooyeun Lee

Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Infographic

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