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. 2021 Oct 31;21(4):e00529. doi: 10.34172/jrhs.2021.66

Table 3. Articles related to effects of personal factors related to light sensitivity on attention and reaction time.

Line Title Authors Study method Study type Results
1 Gender differences in light sensitivity impact on brightness perception, vigilant attention, and sleep in humans 55 Chellappa et al.
2017
Potential gender differences to evening light exposure of 40 lx at 6500 K (blue-enriched) or at 2500 K (non-blue-enriched), and their impact on brightness perception, vigilant attention, and sleep physiology were investigated. Experimental In contrast to women, men showed a stronger response to blue-enriched light in the late evening even at very low light levels.
2 Circadian and gender differences after acute high-altitude exposure: Are early acclimation responses improved by blue light?74 Silva et al.
2015
A number of 57 volunteers were randomly assigned to two groups: nocturnal (2200-0230 h) or diurnal (0900-1330 h) and exposed to acute hypoxia (4000 m simulated altitude) in a hypobaric chamber. Experimental Some tendencies toward better cognitive performance (d2 attention test) were observed under blue illumination.
3 Light effects on behavioral Performance Depend on the Individual State of Vigilance 64 Correa et al.
2016
Hypothesis was tested by measuring the participants' behavioral state of vigilance before light exposure using the Psychomotor Vigilance Task. Experimental Participants with higher levels of basal vigilance before light exposure benefited most from blue-enriched lighting, responded faster in the Sustained Attention to Response Task.