Rest is the essential biological downtime your body and brain need to repair, recharge, and stay alive. It is an essential ...

If you have ever let your mind wander, you have relied on the brain's default mode network (DMN). Scientifically, the DMN is a connection of brain regions that interact when a person is in a state of ...

When you think about getting rest, which of these situations comes to mind? While these restful moments all have their place in daily life, it’s a common misconception to view rest as an entirely ...

Some regions of the brain in people with Alzheimer's reorganize more often while at rest than in people without the disease––and in healthy people this frequent reshuffling sometimes predicts who will ...

A study measuring daily rest-activity rhythms in older adults with no cognitive impairment found that weaker, more fragmented daily rhythms were associated with smaller memory-related brain regions ...

Sleep and wake: they’re totally distinct states of being that define the boundaries of our daily lives. For years, scientists have measured the difference between these instinctual brain processes by ...

You walk into the kitchen only to stare blankly at the open refrigerator, completely forgetting what you went in there to ...

If you’re my boss and you catch me in the middle of the working day, sitting at my desk, staring at the wall blankly, not having moved a mouse — let alone an extra-ocular muscle — for up to 20 minutes ...