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On the same wavelength

Scientists Li-Huei Tsai and Hannah Iaccarino take us into their research on using gamma light to treat Alzheimer's. This video tracks how they discovered that light flickers can retrain brainwaves and reverse nerve damage. There's a lovely message at the end of how science unlocks some of the mysteries of the brain so it can maintain its amazing faculties into old age. (Source: MIT School of Science - YouTube)

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