Effects of prior light exposure on early evening performance, subjective sleepiness, and hormonal secretion

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 196-203

  Münch, Mirjam ^a   Linhart, Friedrich ^a   Borisuit, Apiparn ^a   Jaeggi, Susanne M ^b   Scartezzini, Jean Louis ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Daylight; N back task; Prior light effects; Subjective sleepiness; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; SOMNOLENCE; SUNLIGHT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SALIVA; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84861747011     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026702     Document Type: Article

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