Direct effects of light on alertness, vigilance, and the waking electroencephalogram in humans depend on prior light history

Sleep

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1239-1246

  Chang, Anne Marie ^a   Scheer, Frank A J L ^a   Czeisler, Charles A ^a   Aeschbach, Daniel ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alertness and performance; Light exposure; Light history

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SOMNOLENCE; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

ALERTNESS AND PERFORMANCE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT HISTORY;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881139810     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2894     Document Type: Article

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