PLoS One July 2014 PMID 24260280

Morning sleep inertia in alertness and performance: effect of cognitive domain and white light conditions.

Nayantara Santhi, John A Groeger, Simon N Archer, Marina Gimenez, Luc J M Schlangen, Derk-Jan Dijk

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Sleep inertia, the temporary feeling of reduced alertness and impaired performance right after waking, affects different cognitive functions unevenly, with alertness and attention being more impacted than working memory and throughput.
Exposure to different white light conditions, including BlueEnhanced and Bright BlueEnhanced, did not significantly improve alertness or cognitive performance immediately after waking, although response times in the 3-back task were faster after longer exposure to blue light.
The study suggests that the impact of sleep inertia varies across cognitive domains and that increasing blue wavelength light alone may not be enough to effectively reduce its effects, which has important implications for professions requiring immediate alertness after waking.

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