Beneficial cognitive, emotional effects
Commenting for this news organization, Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, PhD, professor in the department of psychology, University of Texas at Austin, called the study “well done.”
Dr. Gonzalez-Lima was one of the first researchers to demonstrate that 1,064 nm transcranial infrared laser stimulation “produces beneficial cognitive and emotional effects in humans, including improving visual working memory,” he said.
The current study “reported an additional brain effect linked to the improved visual working memory that consists of an EEG-derived response, which is a new finding,” noted Dr. Gonzales-Lima, who was not involved with the new research.
He added that the same laser method “has been found by the Gonzalez-Lima lab to be effective at improving cognition in older adults and depressed and bipolar patients.”
The study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, and the National Defence Basic Scientific Research Program of China. The investigators and Dr. Gonzalez-Lima report no relevant financial relationships.
A version of this article first appeared on Medscape.com.