The red and blue rooms affect to brain activity, cardiovascular activity, emotion and saliva hormone in women

Sroykham, Watchara; Promraksa, Tassanee; Wongsathikun, Jatuporn; Wongsawat, Yodchanan

doi:10.1109/bmeicon.2014.7017432

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“…On the one hand, several studies have investigated the influence of color of light on human physiology throught biochemical markers such as cortisol [ 2 , 3 ] or melatonin [ 2 – 4 ] level, and bio-signals such as electrocardiographic (ECG) [ 3 , 4 ] or electroencephalographic (EEG) [ 3 , 5 – 11 ] signals. In this sense, only a few colors have been investigated and blue is in most of the studies.…”

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Blue lighting accelerates post-stress relaxation: Results of a preliminary study

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Several authors have studied the influence of light on both human physiology and emotions. Blue light has been proved to reduce sleepiness by suppression of melatonin secretion and it is also present in many emotion-related studies. Most of these have a common lack of objective methodology since results and conclusions are based on subjective perception of emotions. The aim of this work was the objective assessment of the effect of blue lighting in post-stress relaxation, in comparison with white lighting, by means of bio-signals and standardized procedures. We conducted a study in which twelve healthy volunteers were stressed and then performed a relaxation session within a chromotherapy room with blue (test group) or white (control group) lighting. We conclude that the blue lighting accelerates the relaxation process after stress in comparison with conventional white lighting. The relaxation time decreased by approximately three-fold (1.1 vs. 3.5 minutes). We also observed a convergence time (3.5–5 minutes) after which the advantage of blue lighting disappeared. This supports the relationship between color of light and stress, and the observations reported in previous works. These findings could be useful in clinical and educational environments, as well as in daily-life context and emerging technologies such as neuromarketing. However, our study must be extended to draw reliable conclusions and solid scientific evidence.

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“…A recent study suggested that early EEG responses (e.g., event-related potentials during the first milliseconds) depend on their adaptation to different colors of light [ 11 ]. Another recent and preliminary work showed that a short stay (20 minutes) inside a blue room caused cortisol level reduction in a woman [ 3 ].…”

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“…Also blue had no influence on HS, but it showed fearreducing effects in the within-group comparison. This is interesting from the fact that normally the color blue increases the production of progesterone (Figueiro & Rea, 2010;Sroykham & Wongsawat, 2014). Also, an increase of progesterone is related to a decrease of FF (Ball et al, 2014), so there could be a potential connection between colors, hormones and implicit motives.…”

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“…Research from medicine and photobiology indicates that colors are related to expressions of hormones, which also are important in the health context. The color red is related to the expression of cortisol and testosterone, and the color blue to salvia DHEAS and progesterone (Figueiro & Rea, 2010;Sroykham & Wongsawat, 2014). As green is negatively associated with inflammation and cortisol but positively with melatonin, it is used for phototherapy in newborn (Vecchi, Donzelli, Migliorini, & Sbrana, 1983;Horne, Donlon & Arendt 1991).…”

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Specific colors unconsciously influence achievement-related behavior, but colors also affect the expression of specific hormones (like cortisol). As implicit motives are related to both behavior and hormones, the demonstration of implicit motives arousal by colors could build a bridge between these two phenomena. The goal of this study is to test how colors affect the two components of the implicit achievement motive hope of success (HS) and fear of failure (FF). Therefore, 61 healthy participants (44 female, Mage = 22.79, SDage = 3.95) were tested with the TAT/PSE (Heckhausen, 1963) and randomly assigned to three experimental arousal situations (color red, green, blue) and one control group. Contrary to the expectations, there was no influence of green on HS and red on FF, but green and blue could reduce the implicit FF. The results indicate that colors could potentially interact with the implicit achievement motive and therefore should be taken into account for motive testing.

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“…In fact, the color of light, specifically blue light, has been shown to aid in post-stress recovery (Minguillon et al, 2017). Light has also been shown to effect comfort (Küller and Wetterberg, 1993) as well as brain activity, cardiovascular activity and even emotional states (Sroykham, 2015). Stone (1992) demonstrated that poor lighting can cause headaches and patient discomfort.…”

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Health Inequity by Design: Waiting Rooms and Patient Stress

Lamb

2021

Front. Commun.

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Little attention has been paid to health inequities designed into the physical spaces themselves. Clearly design is an important part of patient care. Design is simultaneously a complex system itself while existing as part of a larger complex (healthcare) system. For example, it is not enough to say that a patient experiences more stress because she/he is being treated in a hospital in a lower income area. The key, here, is that evidence demonstrates design as an important component, systemically, in healthcare. We know this to be true and base re-design efforts on this fact, but only in certain places. The central addition of this study is to point out that hospitals in higher income areas utilize the waiting room’s ecology and its influence on patient stress and care. Efforts to intervene, through design, in waiting room ecology have consequences to equitable access to healthcare. Therefore, this study examines the implications of health inequities designed-into physical space. Additionally, this study seeks to forefront the influence communication ecologies have in addressing health inequities. Innovations in addressing mental health needs in humanitarian settings: A complexity informed Action Research Case Study. Frontiers in Communication: Health Communication. 10.3389/fcomm.2020.601792 para 19, 2020). Thus, the purpose of this paper is to investigate, but also articulate, the ways design decisions impact people unequally and perpetuate health inequalities. To do so, this study investigates the communication ecologies of waiting rooms and their influence on patient stress and health equity and elucidates under-examined systemic components patient stress and well-being.

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The red and blue rooms affect to brain activity, cardiovascular activity, emotion and saliva hormone in women

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Blue lighting accelerates post-stress relaxation: Results of a preliminary study

Blue lighting accelerates post-stress relaxation: Results of a preliminary study

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