Sound machines and “sleep sounds” are often marketed as a cure for restless nights, but new research suggests they may ...

Sound machines promise better sleep, but new research suggests they may quietly steal your REM and deep sleep.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Listening to white or brown noise at night can help drown out distracting sounds. Listening to white or brown noise at night can ...

A sleeping brain can form fresh memories, according to a team of neuroscientists. The researchers played complex sounds to people while they were sleeping, and afterward the sleepers could recognize ...

The sleep aids many rely on for a restful slumber may be disrupting sleep on a deep level. Learn more here.

Scientists estimate that at least 4% of adults suffer from chronic nightmares that disrupt sleep and significantly impact mental and emotional well-being in the long run. In a new study published in ...

New research published in The Journal of Neuroscience reveals that basic sound processing remains active in the brainstem during non-rapid eye movement sleep, but weakens in the auditory cortex as ...