Effects of luminance and illuminance on visual fatigue and arousal during digital reading

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-119

  Benedetto, Simone ^a,b   Carbone, Andrea ^a,b   Drai Zerbib, Véronique ^a,c   Pedrotti, Marco ^d,e   Baccino, Thierry ^a,b  

^a CHArt LUTIN EA 4004 Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie de la Villette   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambient illuminance; Arousal; Electronic visual display; Screen luminance; Visual fatigue

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ILLUMINANCE; AROUSAL; DIGITAL READING; VISUAL DISPLAY; VISUAL FATIGUE;

EID: 84907858886     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.023     Document Type: Article

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