Applicability and efficacy of variable light in schools

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 621-627

  Barkmann, Claus ^a   Wessolowski, Nino ^a   Schulte Markwort, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alertness; Education; Evaluation; Fluorescent lighting; Performance; Schools

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BIOPHYSICS; CHILD; COLOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 80055048327     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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