On the Same Wavelength

Retraining brainwaves with flickers to reverse damage. MIT scientists investigate ways to reverse the effects of Alzheimer's and other diseases of the aging brain.

Directed by Sarah Klein & Tom Mason of Redglass Pictures for the MIT School of Science.

Executive Producer: Michael Sipser
Supervising Producer: Julia C. Keller
Editor: Tom Mason
Young Li-Huei: Ava Shinn
Grandmother: Min Liu
Field Audio: John Osborne
Production Assistant: Patrice Howard
Associate Editor: Heather Martino
Graphics and Animation: Kathleen Chee
Color Grade: Stephen Derluguian
Sound Mix: SilverSound

Special thanks to:
Li-Huei Tsai, Director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT
Hannah Iaccarino, PhD ‘16

In collaboration with the MIT School of Science.

Additional thanks to:
Dean Michael Sipser
Julia C. Keller
Laura Carter
Brittany Flaherty
David Orenstein

The gamma research team also includes:
Edward Boyden
Emery N. Brown
Annabelle Singer
Chinnakkaruppan Adaikkan
Anthony Martorell
Abigail Paulson
Fatema Abdurrob
Fan Gao
Oleg Kritskiy
Hansruedi Mathys
David Nam-Woo Kim
Jennie Young
Diane Chan
Ho-Jun Suk
Brennan Jackson
Danielle Stark
…and many others.

[alexanderwestenberg]

How f.... amazing is that! So happy we have such smart people between us!

[User-zvsd]

What is it about the flickering lights heal the brain, I don’t understand how.

[geogeo]

There are many very old studies about this, before the persons of the video been born, and an MIT School of Science person can not pretend that discovered it recently. Can only to confirm the results of this research.

[sparto]

What would be the state if you did it incrementally? Like 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46...60Hz what would be the effect of this?

Will there be any effect on the behavior or habit of a person?

[ZenoDay]

Interesting that certain questions weren’t mentioned as having been asked. Cherishing the recognizance (post doing scientific study) regarding physiological symmetry to physical phenomena coincidence... distanciates procured actualizations.

[gerardfowke]

- If 40 hz is so important why doesn’t Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) use 40 hz?
OK, I will buy that DBS uses frequencies that promote the best reductions of symptoms.

But... What would happen if a trial were ran where stimulation was 40 hz?

[jaydeepraijada]

What If we Use Max Of gamma Wave + we can also Try By another way also other then seeing the flickering Light.. And what if we Max use of Theta waves.. I mean 1hz-2hz frequency or Go Below That 0hz maybe.. Will at 0hz the Neurons are stop or What or it'll die.. If anyone can answer please reply! 🙄

[tsukitty]

LED as a light source isn't a factor in this?

[tasza]

3 years later - what's the current state of human trials?