Experts break down the neurobiology of distraction, revealing why willpower fails and how proactive control and self-hypnosis restore focus.

Veterans smoke at higher rates than the general population, and the reasons are not hard to understand. Military culture has a long history with tobacco. Deployment increases smoking rates by more ...

No single food is powerful enough to fix an inability to fall or stay asleep. But one eating pattern shows promise for improving sleep.

Sure, all the regular sleep hygiene advice is important, but according to a Stanford sleep scientist, it’s all downstream ...

This simple mental exercise is meant to distract an overactive brain just enough to help you drift off. I tried it on my own ...

Struggling to fall asleep at night is a common challenge, with over 80% of people experiencing occasional insomnia.

By tracking eye movements in zebrafish, researchers identified four different types of sleep, analogous to the complex sleep ...

Happy Birthday! Your birth date has brought you here, so let us take a deep look into what your numbers hold for you in the ...

Turns out 6.4 to 7.8 hours of sleep a night might be ideal. Here are some tips on how to get the “just right” amount.

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

People online shared a video purportedly showing the president dozing off during a ceremony honoring fallen soldiers at ...