A new study reveals that not getting enough of specific stages in the sleep cycle may be linked to cognitive decline and ...

Associations seen between less short wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep with smaller inferior parietal region volumes.

Lack of those types of sleep particularly appears to affect the inferior parietal region, which is known to undergo early ...

and even in regions in the inferior parietal lobe that have been linked to discerning others’ mental states. According to Thalia Wheatley of Dartmouth College, people in the same social network ...

New research reveals that lower proportions of specific sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer's disease over time.

Lack of those types of sleep particularly appears to affect the inferior parietal region, which is known to undergo early changes in Alzheimer’s, researchers wrote. “Our findings provide ...