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Duncan comments on My simple hack for increased alertness and improved cognitive functioning: very bright light - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Duncan 18 January 2013 07:26:06PM *  6 points [-]

With the understanding that I only have a few minutes to check for research data:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1801013

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21298068 - "cognitive response ... to light at levels as low as 40 lux, is blue-shifted"

Comment author: Alex_Altair 18 January 2013 07:56:32PM 2 points [-]

Sample sizes are dismal, but at least they tried. Thanks for looking this up!

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