Tag: sleep
Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift
Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down?
Sleep — Designed for Our Good
The evolutionary mindset operates as a major obstacle to the scientific understanding of sleep.
Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism
Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders.
Placebos Demonstrate Power of the Human Mind
When a disease affects the brain-body relationship, the placebo response can confound researchers.
Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!
Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess…