Transcranial infrared laser stimulation produces beneficial cognitive and emotional effects in humans

• Published in: Neuroscience Vol. 230; pp. 13 - 23
• Main Authors: Barrett, D.W., Gonzalez-Lima, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 29.01.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anatomical correlates of behavior; attention; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition - radiation effects; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Double-Blind Method; Emotions - radiation effects; Exploratory Behavior - radiation effects; Female; Frontal Lobe - physiology; Frontal Lobe - radiation effects; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Infrared Rays; low-level light therapy; Low-Level Light Therapy - methods; Male; memory; Mental Recall - radiation effects; mood; Neurology; Neuropsychological Tests; novelty-seeking; Pigmentation - radiation effects; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychomotor Performance - radiation effects; Reaction Time - radiation effects; Surveys and Questionnaires; transcranial laser stimulation; Young Adult; memory; mood; transcranial laser stimulation; PANAS; DMS; LEDs; LLLT; PVT; SSS; TPQ; ANOVA; OD; low-level light therapy; attention; PEBL; novelty-seeking; sensation-seeking scale; Tri-Dimensional Personality Questionnaire; delayed match-to-sample; Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; analysis of variance; psychology experiment building language; light-emitting diodes; psychomotor vigilance task; optical density; Human; Transcranial route; Infrared laser; Memory; Stimulation; Cognition; Emotion emotionality

► Transcranial laser stimulation improved cognitive and emotional functions in humans. ► Randomized, placebo-controlled blind trials using attention, memory and mood tests. ► Reaction time in a psychomotor vigilance task was significantly improved. ► Memory retrieval latency and correct match-to-sam...