Rafael Lazar
PhD student, Psychologist
“How does light influence human physiology, mental health and performance?” My main interests lie in the spectral composition of light, how it can be used (or not used) to enhance sleep, performance, and well-being and what we can do to live a healthy, sustainable lifestyle in a post-modern world.
Publications
2023
Stampfli, J. R.; Schrader, B.; di Battista, C.; Häfliger, R.; Schälli, O.; Wichmann, G.; Zumbühl, C.; Blattner, P.; Cajochen, C.; Lazar, R.; Spitschan, M.
The Light-Dosimeter: A new device to help advance research on the non-visual responses to light Journal Article
In: Lighting Research & Technology, 2023.
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doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/14771535221147140},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-02-13},
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journal = {Lighting Research & Technology},
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2022
Lazar, R.
Light flash therapy in the wild Journal Article
In: Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022, ISSN: 2731-0574.
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title = {Light flash therapy in the wild},
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doi = {10.1038/s44159-022-00084-6},
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year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
journal = {Nature Reviews Psychology},
abstract = {In this Journal Club, Rafael Lazar describes a randomized field trial that tested whether light flash therapy improves the duration and timing of sleep in adolescents.},
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2019
Spitschan, M.; Lazar, R.; Yetik, E.; Cajochen, C.
No evidence for an S cone contribution to acute neuroendocrine and alerting responses to light Journal Article
In: Current Biology, 2019.
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title = {No evidence for an S cone contribution to acute neuroendocrine and alerting responses to light},
author = {M. Spitschan and R. Lazar and E. Yetik and C. Cajochen },
url = {https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31501-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982219315015%3Fshowall%3Dtrue},
doi = {10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.031},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-12-16},
journal = {Current Biology},
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Spitschan, M.; Lazar, R.; Cajochen, C.
Visual and non-visual properties of filters manipulating short-wavelength light Journal Article
In: Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 2019.
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title = {Visual and non-visual properties of filters manipulating short-wavelength light},
author = {M. Spitschan and R. Lazar and C. Cajochen},
url = {http://www.chronobiology.ch/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Spitschan_et_al-2019-Ophthalmic_and_Physiological_Optics-1.pdf},
doi = {10.1111/opo.12648},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-11-01},
journal = {Ophthalmic Physiol Opt},
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