ArticleScience advances2022
Transcranial photobiomodulation enhances visual working memory capacity in humans.
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- Safety of 810 nm photobiomodulation in the developing brain: no evidence of glial reactivity or pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in rats.Lasers in medical science · 2025Article
- Use of Mitochondrial Delayed Luminescence Measurements From Brain Tissue to Optimize Photobiomodulation Prarameters in Alzheimer's Disease Mice.Journal of biophotonics · 2025Article
- Chlorella-derived natural photosynthetic system for in situ energy metabolism enhancement in cardiomyocytes.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The impact of category-based retro-cues on representational prioritization in visual working memory: behavioral and EEG evidence.Psychological research · 2025Article
- Photobiomodulation mitigates blood-brain barrier disruption in APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by activating the AMPK pathway.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Article
- Non-Target Suppression Supports the Formation of Representational Prioritization Under High Working Memory Load.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Photo-Biomodulation of the Hippocampus Using Near-Infrared Laser to Enhance Cognitive Function in Mice.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Cognitive load impairs athletes' subliminal processing: behavioral and neural insights.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Cognitive improvement and prefrontal network interactions in individuals with remitted bipolar disorder after transcranial infrared laser stimulation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Quantitative simulation of near-infrared light treatment for Alzheimer's disease using patient-individualized optical-parametric phantoms.Neurophotonics · 2025Article
- Site- and electroencephalogram-frequency-specific effects of 800-nm prefrontal transcranial photobiomodulation on electroencephalogram global network topology in young adults.Neurophotonics · 2025Article
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Abstract
Transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) is a safe and noninvasive intervention that has shown promise for improving cognitive performance. Whether tPBM can modulate brain activity and thereby enhance working memory (WM) capacity in humans remains unclear. In this study, we found that 1064-nm tPBM applied to the right prefrontal cortex (PFC) improves visual working memory capacity and increases occipitoparietal contralateral delay activity (CDA). The CDA set-size effect during retention mediated the effect between the 1064-nm tPBM and subsequent WM capacity. The behavioral benefits and the corresponding changes in the CDA set-size effect were absent with tPBM at a wavelength of 852 nm or with stimulation of the left PFC. Our findings provide converging evidence that 1064-nm tPBM applied to the right PFC can improve WM capacity.
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