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- Light exposure influences our body and behavior through a connection from the retina to the brain's circadian pacemaker, the SCN.
- Recent studies show that people react differently to light's non-visual effects, highlighting individual variations.
- To enhance our understanding, we suggest improving diversity in research efforts by addressing biases, recruiting varied participants, sharing data regularly, and establishing clear guidelines for data standards and reporting.
Article Abstract
Exposure to light affects our physiology and behaviour through a pathway connecting the retina to the circadian pacemaker in the hypothalamus - the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Recent research has identified significant individual differences in the non-visual effects of light,mediated by this pathway. Here, we discuss the fundamentals and individual differences in the non-visual effects of light. We propose a set of actions to improve our evidence database to be more diverse: understanding systematic bias in the evidence base, dedicated efforts to recruit more diverse participants, routine deposition and sharing of data, and development of data standards and reporting guidelines.
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