Different Processes Govern Sight, Light Detection

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 04/24/2008 - 22:00

Biologists, in research with implications for people suffering from seasonal affective disorder and insomnia, have determined that the eye uses light to reset the biological clock through a mechanism separate from the ability to see.


 

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