Evening exposure to a light-emitting diodes (LED)-backlit computer screen affects circadian physiology and cognitive performance

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1432-1438

  Cajochen, Christian ^a   Frey, Sylvia ^a   Anders, Doreen ^a   Späti, Jakub ^a   Bues, Matthias ^c   Pross, Achim ^c   Mager, Ralph ^b   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a   Stefani, Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alertness; Melatonin; Nonvisual effects of light; Shift work; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COMPUTER TERMINAL; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COMPUTER TERMINALS; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEMICONDUCTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956083352     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00165.2011     Document Type: Article

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