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Table 3 Summary of the studies on the nonvisual effects of monochromatic light in the field of physiological anthropology published in the JPA from 1992 to 2018 (data from January to October were obtained in 2018)

From: A review of the studies on nonvisual lighting effects in the field of physiological anthropology

Author

Year

Condition

Parameters measured

Lighting

Others

Morita T, Tokura H, Wakamura T, Park SJ, Teramoto Y. [53]

1997

Blue (435 nm), green (545 nm), red (610 nm)

Illuminance: 1000, 2500 lx

Control 50 lx (incandescent lamp)

Exposure time: 04:00–09:00

 

·Rectal temperature

·Melatonin

Morita T, Tokura H. [54]

1998

Review on the influence of different wavelengths of light

 

·Rectal temperature

·Melatonin

Katsuura T, Yasuda T, Shimomura Y, Iwanaga K. [67]

2007

Red, blue

Illuminance: 310 lx

(fluorescent lamp)

Time zone of experiment: 10:00–18:00

·Time production (90 s, 180 s)

·Event-related potential (P300)

·Subjective evaluation (sleepiness, tension, fatigue, comfort, concentration)

Yoto A, Katsuura T, Iwanaga K, Shimomura Y. [70]

2007

Red, green, blue (sheets of paper in A2 size)

Illuminance at surface of the color paper: 500 lx

Time zone of experiment: 10:00–17:00

·EEG

·AAC

·Blood pressure

·Subjective evaluation (lightness vs. heaviness, calm vs. excited, sleepy vs. not sleepy, cold vs. warm, etc.)

An M, Huang J, Shimomura Y, Katsuura T. [55]

2009

Blue (458 nm), green (550 nm)

Irradiance: 9.8 μW/cm2

(halogen lamp with interference filter)

Exposure time: daytime and nighttime (ca. 9.25 h before the respective averaged wake time) with 12 h out of phase each other

 

·Event-related potential (P300)

·AAC

·Subjective evaluation (sleepiness)

Higuchi S, Fukuda T, Kozaki T, Takahashi M, Miura N. [56]

2011

Light source: ceiling light (500 lx)

Color temperature: 4200 K

(fluorescent lamp)

nonvisor cap (500 lx)

red-visor cap (ca. 160 lx)

blue-visor cap (ca. 160 lx)

Exposure time: 23:00–03:00

Psychomotor vigilance task (PVT)

·Melatonin·Reaction time, no. of lapses (PVT)·Subjective evaluations (sleepiness, brightness)

Fukuda Y, Higuchi S, Yasukouchi A, Morita T. [68]

2012

468, 508, 593, 633 nm (LED)

Masking-cone stimuli: 2000 ms (20 Hz)

Test stimulus (mRGC or cone): 250 ms

 

·Electroretinogram (ERG)

Katsuura T, Ochiai Y, Senoo T, Lee S, Takahashi Y, Shimomura Y. [58]

2012

Blue (471, 467 nm), white (color temperature 3034 K)

Irradiance: 12 μW/cm2

(LED)

 

·Pupillary constriction

·EEG

·Subjective evaluation (bluish, sleepiness)

Kakitsuba N, Mekjavic IB, Katsuura T. [69]

2013

Blue (436 nm), red (612 nm)

Illuminance: 500, 1000 lx

White (color temperature 5000 K)

Illuminance: 1000 lx

(fluorescent lamp)

·Exercise: cycle ergometer (50% maximum work)

·Maintained mean skin temperature at 28 °C by perfusing a water-perfused suit with water at 25 °C.

·Summer and winter

·Time zone of experiment 11:00–15:00

·Core interthreshold zone (CIZ)

·Rectal temperature

·Skin temperature

·Sweat rate

·Oxygen uptake

Lee SI, Hida A, Tsujimura S, Morita T, Mishima K, Higuchi S. [59]

2013

Blue (465 nm), green (536 nm), red (632 nm)

Intensity: 12, 13, 14, 14.5 and 15 log photons/cm2 s

(LED)

Time zone of experiment: 10:00–17:00

·Pupil size

·Melanopsin gene of single nucleotide polymorphism of rs1079610 (I394T):TT, TC, CC

Lee S, Ishibashi S, Shimomura Y, Katsuura T. [60]

2016

Blue (470 nm), green (532 nm)

Irradiance: 10, 15, 20 μW/cm2

Pulse width: 1 ms (LED)

Blue, green, blue + green

Time zone of experiment: 09:00–12:00, 13:00–16:00

·Pupillary constriction

·Subjective evaluation (sleepiness)

Yuda E, Ogasawara H, Yoshida Y, Hayano J. [64]

2016

Blue (10, 5, 2 lx)

Green (71 lx)

Red (39 lx)

(OLED)

Time zone of experiment: 08:30–13:00

·Heart rate·HRV

Yuda E, Ogasawara H, Yoshida Y, Hayano J. [65]

2017

Blue (483 nm, 13 lx)

Green (555 nm, 91 lx)

White (158 lx)

(OLED)

Exposure time: 10 min + 5 min PVT under white fluorescent light (illuminance, 300 lx)

Psychomotor vigilance test (PVT)

Time zone of experiment: 09:30–14:00

·Heart rate·HRV·Reaction time, minor lapse (PVT)

Dai Q, Uchiyama Y, Lee S, Shimomura Y, Katsuura T. [61]

2017

Blue (467 nm)

Irradiance: 7.5, 15, 30 μW/cm2

Pulse width: 50, 100, 200 μs

White (color temperature 2878 K, 14.75 μW/cm2) (LED)

Exposure time: 12 min

 

·Pupillary constriction

·EEG

·Subjective evaluation (concentration, sleepiness, perception of blueness)

Yuda E, Ogasawara H, Yoshida Y, Hayano J. [66]

2017

Blue (485 nm, 8.02 μW/cm2)

Orange (622 nm, 6.54 μW/cm2)

(OLED)

Exposure time: 30 min during lunch break

5 min of PVT under white fluorescent light (color temperature 4010 K, illuminance 450 lx)

Psychomotor vigilance test (PVT)

·Heart rate

·HRV

·Reaction time, minor lapse (PVT)

Lee S, Muto N, Shimomura Y, Katsuura T. [62]

2017

Blue (466 nm)

Green (527 nm)

Irradiance: 20 μW/cm2

Pulse width: 1 ms

Inter-stimulus interval: 0, 250, 500, 750, 1000 ms

 

·Pupillary constriction

Lee S, Uchiyama Y, Shimomura Y, Katsuura T. [63]

2017

Blue (464 nm)

Green (526 nm)

Pulse width: 2.5 ms

Photon density: 15.2 log photons/cm2/s

Blue, green, blue + green

 

·Electroretinogram (ERG)

·EEG

·Visual evoked potential

·Pupillary constriction

·Subjective evaluations (bluish, greenish)

Kozaki T, Hidaka Y, Takakura JY, Kusano Y. [57]

2018

Blue (465 nm)

Irradiance: 52 μW/cm2

100-Hz flickering (10% duty tatio)

non-flickering light

(LED)

Dim (< 3 lx)

Exposure time: 01:00–02:30

 

·Melatonin

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