TY - GEN
T1 - Blue glasses increase your alertness
T2 - 6th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision and 2017 7th International Symposium in Computational Medical and Health Technology, ICIEV-ISCMHT 2017
AU - Yuda, Emi
AU - Yoshida, Yutaka
AU - Hayano, Junichiro
PY - 2018/4/16
Y1 - 2018/4/16
N2 - Exposure to blue wavelength light has been reported to increase arousal level. In this study, we examined if wearing blue glasses has similar effects. We performed psychomotor vigilance tests before and after 30-min wearing of blue, green, orange, pink, and clear glasses on different days in 20 normal subjects. The level of vigilance measured as reaction time improved after wearing blue glasses, while no significant effect was observed with the other colored or clear glasses. This study indicates that 30-min wearing of blue glasses improves psychomotor vigilance after that and suggests that rather than the absolute intensity of the blue wavelength light, the relative content is the determinant for increasing arousal level.
AB - Exposure to blue wavelength light has been reported to increase arousal level. In this study, we examined if wearing blue glasses has similar effects. We performed psychomotor vigilance tests before and after 30-min wearing of blue, green, orange, pink, and clear glasses on different days in 20 normal subjects. The level of vigilance measured as reaction time improved after wearing blue glasses, while no significant effect was observed with the other colored or clear glasses. This study indicates that 30-min wearing of blue glasses improves psychomotor vigilance after that and suggests that rather than the absolute intensity of the blue wavelength light, the relative content is the determinant for increasing arousal level.
KW - alertness
KW - arousal
KW - blue glasses
KW - blue light
KW - color
KW - photospectrum
KW - psychomotor vigilance
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U2 - 10.1109/ICIEV.2017.8338579
DO - 10.1109/ICIEV.2017.8338579
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85051077764
T3 - 2017 6th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision and 2017 7th International Symposium in Computational Medical and Health Technology, ICIEV-ISCMHT 2017
SP - 1
EP - 4
BT - 2017 6th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision and 2017 7th International Symposium in Computational Medical and Health Technology, ICIEV-ISCMHT 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 1 September 2017 through 3 September 2017
ER -