Direct Effects of Light on Alertness, Vigilance, and the Waking Electroencephalogram in Humans Depend on Prior Light History | Zendy

AnneMarie Chang | Zendy; Frank A. J. L. Scheer | Zendy; Charles A. Czeisler | Zendy; Daniel Aeschbach | Zendy

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Direct Effects of Light on Alertness, Vigilance, and the Waking Electroencephalogram in Humans Depend on Prior Light History

Author(s) -

AnneMarie Chang,

Frank A. J. L. Scheer,

Charles A. Czeisler,

Daniel Aeschbach

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.5665/sleep.2894

Subject(s) - psychomotor vigilance task , audiology , illuminance , vigilance (psychology) , alertness , stimulus (psychology) , psychology , developmental psychology , circadian rhythm , medicine , sleep deprivation , neuroscience , psychiatry , optics , physics , psychotherapist

Light can induce an acute alerting response in humans; however, it is unknown whether the magnitude of this response is simply a function of the absolute illuminance of the light itself, or whether it depends on illuminance history preceding the stimulus. Here, we compared the effects of illuminance history on the alerting response to a subsequent light stimulus.

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