Evolution has guided us to spend hours every night in our most vulnerable state – unconscious and unaware. It’s an easy question to ask: what’s the point?
QBI's Deputy Director (research) Professor Linda Richards, and Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen joined Australia's Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, on a panel at the World Science Festival in Brisbane in 2018
Is daydreaming the same as night dreaming? Why do we sleep, and what can sleep tell us about our conscious minds? What would happen if we never slept? Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen answers.
Which animals dream the most? Why do we sleep? Sleep and consciousness researcher Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen answers some burning questions about animal sleep.
Why and how do we sleep and what is consciousness? Are all animals that sleep by definition conscious when they are awake? Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen discusses his research.
QBI researchers have found that general anaesthetics act on the brain in a more complex way than previously thought. The discovery could lead to improved drugs for surgery.