Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that light plays a key role in how animals perceive environmental threats, findings that have the potential to improve the understanding of risk avoidance behaviors and related disorders in humans, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
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Light impacts how the brain perceives and remembers threats, study suggests
March 30, 2026
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