Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1232-1237

  Chang, Anne Marie ^a,b,d   Aeschbach, Daniel ^a,b,c   Duffy, Jeanne F ^a,b   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Digital media; Electronics; Phase shifting; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BOOK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ILLUMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; READING; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 84921712126     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418490112     Document Type: Article

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