Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 22, 2014

Authors

Anne-Marie Chang1, Daniel Aeschbach2, Jeanne F Duffy3, Charles A Czeisler3

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and amchang@psu.edu.
2: Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, 51147 Cologne, Germany.
3: Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and.

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