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Current Insights into Optimal Lighting for Promoting Sleep and Circadian Health: Brighter Days and the Importance of Sunlight in the Built Environment

Year: 2022

Type: review

Abstract: : This perspective considers the possibility that daytime’s intrusion into night made possible by electric lighting may not be as pernicious to sleep and circadian health as the encroachment of nighttime into day wrought by 20th century architectural practices that have left many people estranged from sunlight. Keywords: human-centric lighting, sleep, circadian entrainment, photohistory, sunlight, daylight

Source: Nature and Science of Sleep

DOI: 10.2147/nss.s251712

Author: Fabian-Xosé Fernandez

Institution: University of Arizona

Language: English

Topic: Circadian rhythm and melatonin

Subfield: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,836