Drinking alcohol before bed affects your sleep
The course of our nights changes when we drink alcohol before sleeping. THE ESSENTIAL Drinking alcohol before sleeping leads to ...
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Hearing relaxing words during sleep slows heart rate
According to a recent study, listening to relaxing words moderates heart activity, which indicates deeper sleep. THE ESSENTIAL After the ...
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Dementia: Improving deep sleep can prevent it
A new study has shed light on the role of deep sleep in preventing dementia. THE ESSENTIAL A new study ...
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Alzheimer’s: deep sleep can reduce memory loss
Deep sleep could help protect older people affected by Alzheimer's disease to reduce their memory loss. THE ESSENTIAL A study ...
Read moreA saliva test to measure fatigue at the wheel
At a time when many motorists are heading to ski resorts with their families, the Figaro recalls some instructive figures ...
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Departures on vacation: coffee reduces drowsiness at the wheel… but does not dispense with breaks!
Drinking a double espresso or caffeinated beverage before hitting the road decreases microsleep episodes. THE ESSENTIAL 57% of French people ...
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A new device to improve deep sleep
What if an easily portable device could improve sleep quality through sound stimuli? This is the experiment carried out by ...
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Can’t put names to faces? Watch your sleep!
American scientists have discovered that "targeted reactivation of memory" during deep sleep can remember the first names of people recently ...
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How our brain builds our memory while we sleep
Thanks to a unique system that decodes brain activity during sleep, a research team has succeeded in deciphering the neural ...
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Sleepwalking: The Result of Poorly Regulated Deep Sleep
The autonomic nervous system of people who sleepwalk is activated abnormally. THE ESSENTIAL In sleepwalkers, the responses of the sympathetic ...
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How sleep “cleans” the brain
During the sleep phase, the brain could evacuate potentially toxic proteins that can lead to neurodegenerative diseases. THE ESSENTIAL During ...
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Alzheimer’s: the quality of our sleep can predict the onset of the disease
Having a deep and restorative sleep would help defend against the onset of Alzheimer's. THE ESSENTIAL The study of sleep ...
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