LED Devices Could Increase Memory Retention In Astronauts

A bioengineering professor at the Univesity of Texas in Arlington has been commissioned to investigate the possibility of using LEDs to improve memory and cognitive function in astronauts whilst on space missions. The idea is to use directed light from LEDs to literally, and metaphorically, illuminate their brains.

The Professor, Hanli Liu, is a co-primary investigator of an $800,000 NASA grant and believes it could be successful. The premise is to use light-based technology to increase the activity of mitochondria in brain cells to improve astronaut cognitive function whilst in space.