How nature, nurture shape the sleeping brain

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 04:39 in Psychology & Sociology

Some patterns of electrical activity generated by the brain during sleep are inherited, according to a study of teenage twins. Pinpointing the relative contributions of biology and experience to sleep neurophysiology could inform therapies for numerous psychiatric disorders in which alterations in brain activity during sleep can be detected.

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