“There’ve been quite a few studies demonstrating that the attention areas of the brain, specifically the frontoparietal areas of the brain, are significantly affected with sleep … See more

In the same study, the Berkeley and Harvard researchers looked at 27 healthy adults, age 18 to 30. They split participants into two groups. One group of participants hit the hay … See more

The brain scans of the folks who skipped out on their shut-eye showed more activity in the mesolimbic pathway. The mesolimbic pathwayis also called the reward pathway because it t… See more

“Sleep is probably the most important thing we can do for our bodies,” Kaloostian says. “It’s really the body’s way of removing waste, healing injury to our brains and bodies that … See more