Sleep

A new study of NBA players documents the cost of sleep deprivation.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research suggests that people who have fragmented rapid eye movement sleep are more susceptible to mental trauma.

• By Brooke Dulka

New research links sleep deprivation with a propensity for risk-seeking.

• By Tom Jacobs

Enjoy multiple episodes of Shut Eye, and you may not get enough shut-eye.

• By Tom Jacobs

Jonathan W. White argues that the Civil War might have been the most sleepless period in American history.

• By Peter C. Baker

A small study suggests that sleeping in on the weekends might be enough to reverse some of the damage done by sleep loss during the weekdays.

• By Kate Wheeling

All the more reason to tell your neighbors to shut up.

• By Nathan Collins

A lot like us, actually, but the minor differences could help treat sleep disorders like insomnia.

• By Nathan Collins

On the powerful relationship between insomnia and depression.

• By Angela Chen

A new technique allows anti-bias training to filter into our unconscious assumptions.

• By Tom Jacobs

Coordinated snooze time is the signal of a stable marriage, a new study suggests.

• By Paul Bisceglio

For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.

• By Avital Andrews

For most individuals in the knowledge economy, limits on daily work hours are irrelevant to economic and mental health. France thinks it may have finally found a solution, but its last efforts were unsuccessful.

• By Jared Keller

A new study disputes the empathy theory.

• By Ryan Jacobs

A new analysis finds voter turnout increases when an election is held two days after the switch back to standard time.

• By Tom Jacobs

A new study shows that children with frequent nightmares are more likely to have psychotic experiences.

• By Bettina Chang

Do you know anyone who actually falls asleep to pre-recorded crickets or rain drops? Sleep studies can't even agree on the proper lullaby.

• By Casey N. Cep

New research suggests we perform better on cognitive tests if we're told we had a good night's sleep.

• By Tom Jacobs

Pretty much exactly what you'd expect.

• By Ryan Jacobs

Jesse Cheng is an otherwise healthy guy in his mid-30s who knew something was wrong the minute he punched his wife, who could very well prove to be the most valuable in a group of strategies used to come to terms with this unusual act of violence.

• By Jesse Cheng

It's the enemy of both good sleep and productive wakefulness.

• By Casey N. Cep

Women may still get paid less than men, but at least they get to sleep more.

• By Tom Jacobs

Find yourself nodding off during a five-hour Wagner opera? Here’s your excuse.

• By Tom Jacobs

An inventor's shocking solution for office doldrums

• By Matt Novak