Search Results - "Schlangen, Luc"
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Blue-enriched White Light in the Workplace Improves self-reported Alertness, Performance and Sleep Quality
Published in Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health (01-08-2008)“…Objectives Specifications and standards for lighting installations in occupational settings are based on the spectral sensitivity of the classical visual…”
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Chronic artificial blue-enriched white light is an effective countermeasure to delayed circadian phase and neurobehavioral decrements
Published in PloS one (29-07-2014)“…Studies in Polar Base stations, where personnel have no access to sunlight during winter, have reported circadian misalignment, free-running of the sleep-wake…”
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Predicting melatonin suppression by light in humans: Unifying photoreceptor‐based equivalent daylight illuminances, spectral composition, timing and duration of light exposure
Published in Journal of pineal research (01-03-2022)“…Light‐induced melatonin suppression data from 29 peer‐reviewed publications was analysed by means of a machine‐learning approach to establish which light…”
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The Lighting Environment, Its Metrology, and Non-visual Responses
Published in Frontiers in neurology (04-03-2021)“…International standard CIE S 026:2018 provides lighting professionals and field researchers in chronobiology with a method to characterize light exposures with…”
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Optimising metameric spectra for integrative lighting to modulate the circadian system without affecting visual appearance
Published in Scientific reports (30-11-2021)“…Smart integrative lighting systems aim to support human health and wellbeing by capitalising on the light-induced effects on circadian rhythms, sleep, and…”
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Morning sleep inertia in alertness and performance: effect of cognitive domain and white light conditions
Published in PloS one (18-11-2013)“…The transition from sleep to wakefulness entails a temporary period of reduced alertness and impaired performance known as sleep inertia. The extent to which…”
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Spectral Tuning of White Light Allows for Strong Reduction in Melatonin Suppression without Changing Illumination Level or Color Temperature
Published in Journal of biological rhythms (01-08-2018)“…Studies with monochromatic light stimuli have shown that the action spectrum for melatonin suppression exhibits its highest sensitivity at short wavelengths,…”
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The spectral composition of evening light and individual differences in the suppression of melatonin and delay of sleep in humans
Published in Journal of pineal research (01-08-2012)“…: The effect of light on circadian rhythms and sleep is mediated by a multi‐component photoreceptive system of rods, cones and melanopsin‐expressing…”
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Patient room lighting influences on sleep, appraisal and mood in hospitalized people
Published in Journal of sleep research (01-04-2017)“…Summary Irregular 24 h light/dark cycles with night‐time light exposure and a low amplitude are disruptive for sleep, mood and circadian rhythms. Nevertheless…”
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The impact of morning light intensity and environmental temperature on body temperatures and alertness
Published in Physiology & behavior (01-06-2017)“…Abstract Indoor temperature and light exposure are known to affect body temperature, productivity and alertness of building occupants. However, not much is…”
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Early evening light mitigates sleep compromising physiological and alerting responses to subsequent late evening light
Published in Scientific reports (05-11-2019)“…The widespread use of electric light and electronic devices has resulted in an excessive exposure to light during the late-evening and at night. This late…”
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An inventory of human light exposure behaviour
Published in Scientific reports (13-12-2023)“…Light exposure is an essential driver of health and well-being, and individual behaviours during rest and activity modulate physiologically relevant aspects of…”
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Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults
Published in PLoS biology (17-03-2022)“…Ocular light exposure has important influences on human health and well-being through modulation of circadian rhythms and sleep, as well as neuroendocrine and…”
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Blue-Enriched Lighting for Older People Living in Care Homes: Effect on Activity, Actigraphic Sleep, Mood and Alertness
Published in Current Alzheimer research (01-01-2017)“…Environmental (little outdoor light; low indoor lighting) and age-related physiological factors (reduced light transmission through the ocular lens, reduced…”
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Low-intensity blue-enriched white light (750 lux) and standard bright light (10,000 lux) are equally effective in treating SAD. A randomized controlled study
Published in BMC psychiatry (28-01-2011)“…Photoreceptor cells containing melanopsin play a role in the phase-shifting effects of short-wavelength light. In a previous study, we compared the standard…”
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Improving adjustment to daylight saving time transitions with light
Published in Scientific reports (01-07-2024)“…Daylight saving time (DST) is currently utilized in many countries with the rationale that it enhances the alignment between daylight hours and activity peaks…”
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The effect of high correlated colour temperature office lighting on employee wellbeing and work performance
Published in Journal of circadian rhythms (11-01-2007)“…The effects of lighting on the human circadian system are well-established. The recent discovery of 'non-visual' retinal receptors has confirmed an anatomical…”
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Differential impact in young and older individuals of blue-enriched white light on circadian physiology and alertness during sustained wakefulness
Published in Scientific reports (08-08-2017)“…We tested the effect of different lights as a countermeasure against sleep-loss decrements in alertness, melatonin and cortisol profile, skin temperature and…”
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Circadian-Time Sickness: Time-of-Day Cue-Conflicts Directly Affect Health
Published in Trends in neurosciences (Regular ed.) (01-11-2016)“…A daily rhythm that is not in synchrony with the environmental light–dark cycle (as in jetlag and shift work) is known to affect mood and health through an as…”
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A “Melanopic” Spectral Efficiency Function Predicts the Sensitivity of Melanopsin Photoreceptors to Polychromatic Lights
Published in Journal of biological rhythms (01-08-2011)“…Photoreception in the mammalian retina is not restricted to rods and cones but extends to a small number of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells…”
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