The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer is making available, at the web address noted below, an information-packed video that will be useful both to people designing lightscapes and also to anyone working from home.
Effects on performance and alertness
Research completed by McCunn and colleagues confirms the value of allowing people some control over their physical environment.
Research lead by Paksarian and Merikangas, and published in JAMA Psychiatry, confirms that nighttime light can have undesirable consequences.
Our emotional, cognitive, and physical wellbeing are linked to the light in the space we’re in; whether it is natural or artificial, dim or bright, cool or warm. Neuroscience research reveals how designers can use light indoors to positively affect humans’ experiences at home, work, school, or wherever they might be and whatever they're doing.
Very handy, open access
Researchers at the Lighting Research Center confirm the value of spending time in brightly lit spaces.
Measuring sensations of safety
Moving people, literally, with light
A complex relationship, explained