Dreaming has fascinated and mystified humankind for ages: the bizarre and evanescent
qualities of dreams have invited boundless speculation about their origin, meaning and …

Sleep is strongly involved in memory consolidation, but its role remains unclear.'Sleep
replay', the active potentiation of relevant synaptic connections via reactivation of patterns of …

The human thalamus is a brain structure that comprises numerous, highly specific nuclei.
Since these nuclei are known to have different functions and to be connected to different …

BACKGROUND: Mechanisms of anesthesia-induced loss of consciousness remain poorly
understood. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging allows investigating …

Adolescents' propensity for risk-taking and reward-seeking behaviors suggests a
heightened sensitivity for reward, reflected by greater feedback-related activity changes in …

Falling asleep is paralleled by a loss of conscious awareness and reduced capacity to
process external stimuli. Little is known on sleep-associated changes of spontaneously …

Clinical and experimental data indicate that most acupuncture clinical results are mediated
by the central nervous system, but the specific effects of acupuncture on the human brain …

Slow wave sleep (SWS) is associated with spontaneous brain oscillations that are thought to
participate in sleep homeostasis and to support the processing of information related to the …

A comprehensive proposal for a conceptual framework for describing conscious experience
in dreams, integrating philosophy of mind, sleep and dream research, and interdisciplinary …

The integration of segregated brain functional modules is a prerequisite for conscious
awareness during wakeful rest. Here, we test the hypothesis that temporal integration …