Schiffer, Fredric https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-3161
Article History
Received: 2 December 2025
Accepted: 17 February 2026
First Online: 12 March 2026
Declarations
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: The author declares the following potential conflict of interest: Fredric Schiffer, M.D. is the founder and CEO of MindLight LLC, a company that holds patents on hemisphere-specific photobiomodulation devices. While the theoretical framework proposed in this article supports the mechanism of action for such interventions, MindLight LLC provided no funding for this manuscript and had no role in the writing or conceptualization of this work.
: This manuscript presents a theoretical framework and reviews previously published clinical data. It does not report the results of new experimental trials on human or animal subjects initiated for this specific publication. All clinical observations and case studies referenced in the text originate from prior research that was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the relevant Institutional Review Boards (IRB) at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School.