The daily alternation between sleep and wakefulness is one of the most dominant features
of our lives and is a manifestation of the intrinsic 24 h rhythmicity underlying almost every …

Sleep timing is controlled by the subtle interplay between circadian and homeostatic
oscillators which, according to their endogenous properties, allow beings to feel …

The maturation of sleep regulatory systems during adolescence in combination with
psychosocial and societal pressures culminate in a “Perfect Storm” of short and ill-timed …

Movement, cognition and perception arise from the collective activity of neurons within
cortical circuits and across large-scale systems of the brain. While the causes of single …

Vigilant attention is a major component of a wide range of cognitive performance tasks.
Vigilant attention is impaired by sleep deprivation and restored after rest breaks and (more …

Wearable, multisensor, consumer devices that estimate sleep are now commonplace, but
the algorithms used by these devices to score sleep are not open source, and the raw …

We take for granted the ability to fall asleep or to snap out of sleep into wakefulness, but
these changes in behavioral state require specific switching mechanisms in the brain that …

The current report provides an updated review of sleep disturbance in posttraumatic stress
disorder and anxiety-related disorders. First, this review provides a summary description of …

According to the two-process model of sleep regulation, the timing and structure of sleep are
determined by the interaction of a homeostatic and a circadian process. The original …

The influence of the circadian clock on sleep scheduling has been studied extensively in the
laboratory; however, the effects of society on sleep remain largely unquantified. We show …