Can nighttime brain bursts predict performance on intelligence tests?

Can nighttime brain bursts predict performance on intelligence tests?

New research reveals that age, biological sex, and cognitive ability correspond to distinct patterns in the brain waves that ripple through the mind at night. Analyzing data from nearly two thousand healthy individuals, investigators found that the architecture of rest changes as people get older and differs subtly between men and women. The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Sleep. When a person drifts off for the night, their brai…