Bright light effects on ultradian rhythms in performance on hemisphere-specific tasks

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-260

  Iskra Golec, Irena ^a   Smith, Lawrence ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bright light; Cognitive performance; Ultradian rhythm

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; VISION;

BACKGROUND LIGHT; BRAIN HEMISPHERES; BRIGHT LIGHTS; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; GENERAL LINEAR MODEL ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGNS; RIGHT HEMISPHERES; ULTRADIAN RHYTHMS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHT LIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUNLIGHT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 78349311031     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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