Exposure to blue light during lunch break: effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertness
Abstract Background Exposures to melanopsin-stimulating (melanopic) component-rich blue light enhance arousal level. We examined their effects in office workers. Main body of abstract Eight healthy university office workers were exposed to blue and orange lights for 30 min during lunch break on diff...
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| author | Emi Yuda Hiroki Ogasawara Yutaka Yoshida Junichiro Hayano |
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| description | Abstract Background Exposures to melanopsin-stimulating (melanopic) component-rich blue light enhance arousal level. We examined their effects in office workers. Main body of abstract Eight healthy university office workers were exposed to blue and orange lights for 30 min during lunch break on different days. We compared the effects of light color on autonomic arousal level assessed by heart rate variability (HRV) and behavioral alertness by psychomotor vigilance tests (PVT). Heart rate was higher and high-frequency (HF, 0.150.45 Hz) power of HRV was lower during exposure to the blue light than to orange light. No significant difference with light color was observed, however, in any HRV indices during PVT or in PVT performance after light exposure. Short conclusion Exposure to blue light during lunch break, compared with that to orange light, enhances autonomic arousal during exposure, but has no sustained effect on autonomic arousal or behavioral alertness after exposure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43f7299eac0f496d92dafc14a8f3642e2022-12-22T03:48:15ZengBMCJournal of Physiological Anthropology1880-68052017-07-013611410.1186/s40101-017-0148-4Exposure to blue light during lunch break: effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertnessEmi Yuda0Hiroki Ogasawara1Yutaka Yoshida2Junichiro Hayano3Department of Medical Education, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical SciencesDepartment of Medical Education, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical SciencesDepartment of Medical Education, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical SciencesDepartment of Medical Education, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical SciencesAbstract Background Exposures to melanopsin-stimulating (melanopic) component-rich blue light enhance arousal level. We examined their effects in office workers. Main body of abstract Eight healthy university office workers were exposed to blue and orange lights for 30 min during lunch break on different days. We compared the effects of light color on autonomic arousal level assessed by heart rate variability (HRV) and behavioral alertness by psychomotor vigilance tests (PVT). Heart rate was higher and high-frequency (HF, 0.150.45 Hz) power of HRV was lower during exposure to the blue light than to orange light. No significant difference with light color was observed, however, in any HRV indices during PVT or in PVT performance after light exposure. Short conclusion Exposure to blue light during lunch break, compared with that to orange light, enhances autonomic arousal during exposure, but has no sustained effect on autonomic arousal or behavioral alertness after exposure.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40101-017-0148-4AlertnessArousalBlue lightHeart rate variabilityMelanopsinNon-image forming vision |
| spellingShingle | Emi Yuda Hiroki Ogasawara Yutaka Yoshida Junichiro Hayano Exposure to blue light during lunch break: effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertness Journal of Physiological Anthropology Alertness Arousal Blue light Heart rate variability Melanopsin Non-image forming vision |
| title | Exposure to blue light during lunch break: effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertness |
| title_full | Exposure to blue light during lunch break: effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertness |
| title_fullStr | Exposure to blue light during lunch break: effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exposure to blue light during lunch break: effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertness |
| title_short | Exposure to blue light during lunch break: effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertness |
| title_sort | exposure to blue light during lunch break effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertness |
| topic | Alertness Arousal Blue light Heart rate variability Melanopsin Non-image forming vision |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40101-017-0148-4 |
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