High Sensitivity of the Human Circadian Melatonin Rhythm to Resetting by Short Wavelength Light

Peer-Reviewed Study · Steven W. Lockley, George C. Brainard, and Charles A. Czeisler · 2003

The experiment compared 6.5 hours of 460-nm and equal-photon 555-nm light; short-wavelength light produced approximately twice the phase delay and melatonin suppression.

High Sensitivity of the Human Circadian Melatonin Rhythm to Resetting by Short Wavelength Light

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The experiment compared 6.5 hours of 460-nm and equal-photon 555-nm light; short-wavelength light produced approximately twice the phase delay and melatonin suppression. Supports wavelength sensitivity under laboratory lighting, but does not itself establish a universal 90-minute delay from phones.

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