An hour of bright white light in the early morning improves performance and advances sleep and circadian phase during the Antarctic winter

• Published in: Neuroscience Letters
• Main Authors: Corbett, R.W., Middleton, B., Arendt, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Halley Research Station; Midwinter; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20092/; http://www.elsevier.com/locate/neulet

Previous work has demonstrated that exposure to an hour of bright light in the morning and the evening during the Polar winter has beneficial effects on circadian phase. This study investigated the effect of a single hour of bright white morning light on circadian phase, sleep, alertness and cogniti...