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Although we all do it every day, sleep remains somewhat mysterious. The new study shows how the brain consolidates memories during sleep.

When we dream, something mysterious happens within our brains – we experience something similar to being awake, and yet also very different to being awake, and scientists are still trying to unpick exactly whats going on in that in-between state

A study of the cerebral cortex discovered there is a robust response to sound during sleep that largely mirrored the brain's response during wakefulness. However, differences in brain waves that help the brain understand sound and anticipate what comes next is missing during sleep.

A new discovery from Tel Aviv University may provide a key to a great scientific enigma: How does the sleeping brain interpret sensory input?

Peer-reviewed research finds correlation between alpha-beta waves and sound processing

A unique study of brain activity in the cerebral cortex of epilepsy patients found there was a robust response to sound during sleep that largely mirrored the b

The findings may provide a key to discovering how the awake brain transforms sensory input into a conscious experience and could eventually help those who are unconscious due to surgery or illness.

During sleep, the brain analyzes auditory input but is unable to focus on the sound or identify the noise; therefore no conscious awareness of the stimuli occurs.

A new discovery from Tel Aviv University may provide a key to a great scientific enigma: How does the awake brain transform sensory input into a conscious exper

When we are awake, homeostatic sleep pressure (tired feelings) builds up in the body. This pressure increases the longer we stay awake.