Lighting color affects sleep, wakefulness

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Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Lighting color affects sleep, wakefulness

Green light promotes sleep while blue light delays it, find researchers A research team has shown how different colors of light could affect our ability to sleep. At the same time they have established that the light-sensitive pigment melanopsin is necessary for the substantial wavelength-dependent effects of light on sleep. The results point to a need to understand the effects of artificial lighting's different color balances.

'The results also add to our understanding of the effects of light emitting devices on humans, where recent studies have shown that the blue light from these devices delays sleep. However, as we have shown that there are different pathways in the brain, by which different colours of light have different effects on sleep or wakefulness, we need to understand how the overall colour balance of artificial light could affect people's alertness and sleep.'

link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160608154233.htm

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  1. cyn smithNovember 17, 2016 at 6:19 PM

    Interesting: I would love to see a study of light and color and its effects on the psyche of humans... if you feel down put on a yellow light on there you have it no need for an antidepressant🤗

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