Carley Millhone is a writer and editor based in the Midwest who covers health, women's wellness, and travel. Her work has appeared in publications like SELF, Greatist, and PureWow. Drinking caffeine ...

Some people lament the disappearance of the spotted owl from our forests; others sport bumper stickers boasting that they eat fried spotted owls. It appears that books, too, are a threatened species, ...

To study something, we first need to be able to define what it is, and a classic question in psychology has to do with the definition of consciousness. Most people think of consciousness as awareness ...

Hypnagogia refers to the transitional state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. It occurs when alpha waves, a type of electrical activity in the brain, decrease but a person hasn’t fully ...

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Narcolepsy is a neurological condition most characterized by Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS), episodes of sleep and disorder of REM or rapid eye movement sleep. It is a type of dyssomnia. The main ...

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Wake up at the same time every day, including weekends or days off. Get 15 to 30 minutes of sunlight each morning to help your body’s clock. Avoid hitting the snooze button and get up when your alarm ...