light therapy

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.

Example Sentences

And for people whose work schedules or lifestyles make it challenging to spend time in the sun, indoor light therapy lamps that mimic natural light have been shown to combat seasonal affective disorder.

From Los Angeles Times

Red light therapy beds to support healing?

From Los Angeles Times

The researchers used an imaging technique called functional MRI to gauge the effects of the light therapy.

From Science Daily

Of the 38 patients in the trial, 21 did not receive light therapy while wearing the helmet.

From Science Daily

Patients who received low-level light therapy showed a greater change in resting-state connectivity in seven brain region pairs during the acute-to-subacute recovery phase compared to the control participants.

From Science Daily