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Non-Invasive Laser Therapy Could Improve Short-Term Memory by Up to 25 Percent (scitechdaily.com)
13 points by blake929 1295 days ago
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..."performance improved significantly only in active tPBM sessions applying 1064 nm but not an 852 nm."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq3211

Tiny sample size and tiny test make me think this was performed by someone trying to sell placebo machines, but I’m too lazy to dig into it. I’ll believe it when it’s FDA approved for treatment before I get excited about something that might finally help me.
Is this a hormetic response? If so, have they determined at which points the amplitude, frequency and duration cross over from hormesis to permanent damage?