A critical examination of perceptual and cognitive effects attributed to full-spectrum fluorescent lighting

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-279

  Veitch, Jennifer A ^a   McColl, Shelley L ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Full spectrum lamps; Lighting; Performance; Spectral power distribution; Vision perception

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; DECISION MAKING; ERGONOMICS; EXAMINATION; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SPECTRUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

COGNITION; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LIGHTING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035134118     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130121241     Document Type: Article

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