Blue light improves cognitive performance

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-460

  Lehrl, S ^a   Gerstmeyer, K ^b   Jacob, J H ^a   Frieling, H ^a   Henkel, A W ^a   Meyrer, R ^a   Wiltfang, J ^a   Kornhuber, J ^a   Bleich, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Augenzentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Alertness; Blue light; Circadian rhythm; Cognitive efficiency; Speed of information processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33947532546     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-006-0621-4     Document Type: Article

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