Can light make us bright? Effects of light on cognition and sleep

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 190, Issue , 2011, Pages 119-133

  Chellappa, Sarah Laxhmi ^a,b   Gordijn, Marijke C M ^c   Cajochen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Cognition; Human; Light; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; BOOK; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79955397481     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53817-8.00007-4     Document Type: Chapter

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