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How the Brain Paints Your Dreams
Learn how your brain creates dreams while you sleep.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
  • 4 min.
Circadian Rhythms Keep the Body Ticking on Time
The discovery of cellular clocks throughout the body is shedding light on sleep disorders and changing how — and when — we treat disease.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
The Brain Prize Presents: György Buzsáki
When you’re asleep, your brain is doing important work:consolidating your memories.
  • The Brain Prize
  • 8 min
What Happens While You Sleep?
This video explains what neuroscience has uncovered about what happens while we sleep.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
  • 5 min
What Happens When Your Brain Doesn't Sleep?
Pulling all-nighters to binge watch your favorite movie can lead to some major problems in your brain.
  • Brain Connection
Ask a Scientist: Eyes at Night
Cheri Wiggs explains what our eyes do while we sleep and why we can't see colors well in the dark.
  • National Eye Institute
  • 2 min
What's in Your Nightmares The Top 5 Recurring Dreams of Adults and Kids
A new study reveals the most common content of recurring dreams and finds very different hallucinations in the dreaming minds of adults and children.
Russell Foster: Why Do We Sleep?
What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with one-third of our lives.
  • TED
  • 22 min
Roundup: Sleep and the Brain
Sleeping is key for a healthy brain, but it's still a mysterious part of life.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
What happens to your brain when you are sleep-deprived?
Although scientists continue to debate the purposes and benefits of sleep, one thing is clear: sleep deprivation is really bad for brain function.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
The Secret to Memory? A Good Night’s Sleep
A good night's sleep can strengthen memories and promote creative thinking.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
How Smartphones Keep You Awake
Your smartphone addiction isn't helping you sleep. In fact, an obscure chemical reaction may be keeping you awake.
  • American Chemical Society
  • 3 min
What Color is Tuesday? Exploring Synesthesia
What if the number 7 tasted like chocolate? What if Monday was purple? This is what life is like for someone with synesthesia. Learn more about this fascinating neurological trait with this video.
  • TED
  • 4 min

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