Published in Current Biology · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers from UNIGE, HUG, and UNIL demonstrate that slow and repeated movement during sleep modulates brain wave activity, leading to improved deep sleep and memory consolidation. Rocking has been shown to synchronize brain waves and reinforce deep sleep, with benefits also observed in mice studies.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- To sleep well, let yourself be rocked! Université de Genève · Jan 24, 2019 · first to report
- Rocking improves sleep and memory, studies in mice and people show Cell Press · Jan 24, 2019