Blue Light Beats the Blues
Optics & Photonics Focus
Volume 15 Story 1 - 13/10/2011

Influence of blue light on the brain

When subjects hear angry voices, blue light strengthens the connections between the areas of the brain that include the voice sensitive area of the temporal cortex (1), the amygdala, a key area in emotion regulation (2), and the hypothalamus, essential in regulating circadian rhythms by light (3).
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Influence of blue light on the brain. When subjects hear angry voices, blue light strengthens the connections between the areas of the brain that include the voice sensitive area of the temporal cortex (1), the amygdala, a key area in emotion regulation (2), and the hypothalamus, essential in regulating circadian rhythms by light (3).