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Exposure to light is very important for human health. However, the characteristics of the light stimulus and the appropriate timing of such exposure are essential. Studies that have used monochromatic light exposure have shown no systematic patterns for the effects of blue light compared to longer wavelengths. Previous studies have shown that red light exposure increases objective and subjective measures of alertness at night without suppressing nocturnal melatonin or inducing circadian disruption. The present study investigated whether noon time exposure to red light would increase both objective and subjective measures of alertness such as those measured by EEG, cognitive-behavioral performance, and subjective sleepiness. The three lighting conditions were as follows: dim light (< 0.01 lux at cornea), blue light (465 nm, 72 μW/cm2), and red light (625 nm, 18 μW/cm2), both at 40 lux. The results of the EEG data showed an increase in theta power over time in dim light only. In red light, alpha power showed a decrease over time. The impact of red light was observed in the performance measures: The only significant effect was a deterioration in the continuous performance test after red light exposure. Subjective measures of alertness were not affected by light in either condition, in contrast to darkness, when subjects reported greater sleepiness than before. None of the changes in objective measures of alertness induced by red light exposure translated into subjective sleepiness at noon. Thus, we concluded that behavioral effects of light at noon are very limited at best.
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Kamila Łaszewska
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Agnieszka Goroncy
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Tadeusz Pracki
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Małgorzata Tafil-klawe
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- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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Advances in Cognitive Psychology
no. 14,
edition 4,
pages 192 - 208,
ISSN: 1895-1171 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Bibliographic description:
- Łaszewska K., Goroncy A., Weber P., Pracki T., Tafil-Klawe, M.: Influence of the Spectral Quality of Light on Daytime Alertness Levels in Humans// Advances in Cognitive Psychology. -Vol. 14, iss. 4 (2018), s.192-208
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.5709/acp-0250-0
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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