Ocular exposure to blue-enriched light has an asymmetric influence on neural activity and spatial attention
Summary:
The paper discusses how exposure to blue-enriched light can directly manipulate alertness in healthy volunteers, speeding response times to left hemifield visual stimuli, and potentially offering light-based interventions for right hemisphere disorders of spatial attention.
Categories
- Alertness and performance: The paper explores how blue-enriched light can directly manipulate alertness in healthy volunteers, speeding response times to left hemifield visual stimuli.
- Lighting Design Considerations: The study uses blue-enriched light as a tool to manipulate alertness and response times, suggesting potential design considerations for environments where alertness and quick response times are crucial.
- Cognitive function and memory: The study's findings suggest that light can have a direct modulatory influence on the physiological substrates of spatial attention, a cognitive function.
Author(s)
DP Newman, SW Lockley, GM Loughnane
Publication Year:
2016
Number of Citations:
20
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