Publications of M Spitschan

Hahn, A.; Brielmann, A.; Tabandeh, N.; Spitschan, M.: Regulation of eye movements and pupil size in natural scenes. Vision Research 244, 108801 (2026)

Lazar, R.; Fazlali, F.; Dourte, M.; Epple, C.; Stefani, O.; Spitschan, M.; Cajochen, C.: Afternoon to early evening bright light exposure reduces later melatonin production in adolescents. NPJ Biological Timing and Sleep 2 (1), 25 (2026)

Biller, A.; Zauner, J.; Cajochen, C.; Gerle, M.; Kalavally, V.; Mohamed, A.; Rottländer, L.; Seah, M.-Y.; Stefani, O.; Spitschan, M.: Physiologically-relevant light exposure and light behaviour in Switzerland and Malaysia. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 36 (2), pp. 409 - 422 (2026)

Blume, C.; Dauphin, M.; Niedernhuber, M.; Spitschan, M.; Meyer, M.; Cajochen, C.; Bekinschtein, T.; Canales-Johnson, A.: Delayed, Reduced and Redundant: Information Processing of Prediction Errors during Human Sleep. The Journal of Neuroscience 46 (11), e1648252026 (2026)

Rajzer, M.; Wojciechowska, W.; Januszewicz , A.; Yu, Y.-L.; Wang, J.-G.; Hahad, O.; Daiber, A.; Spitschan, M.; van de Borne, P.; Jelaković, B. et al.; Jelaković, A.; An, D.-W.; Ye, X.-F.; Jakubiak, G.; Burnier, M.; Persu, A.; Weber, T.; Guzik, T.; Kreutz, R.; Muenzel, T.; Staessen, J.: The impact of environmental pollution and climate change on hypertension: a position paper by the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Working Group on Environment in Hypertension. Cardiovascular Research Epub ahead, cvag061 (2026)

Roobini Murukesu, R.; Alkaff, Z.; Del Villar, D.; Zauner, J.; Spitschan, M.: Protocol for a randomised, double-blind trial of a chronotherapeutic mobile health (mHealth) behaviour change intervention to optimise light exposure among olderadults aged ≥ 60 years in Singapore (LightSPAN). BMC Geriatrics 26, 446 (2026)

Zauner, J.; Stefani, O.; Bocanegra Abarca, G.; Guidolin, C.; Schrader, B.; Udovicic, L.; Spitschan, M.: Auxiliary data, quality assurance and quality control for wearable light loggers and optical radiation dosimeters. NPJ Biological Timing and Sleep 3 (1), 11 (2026)

Thalji, S.; Spitschan, M.: dlmoR: An open-source R package for the dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO) hockey-stick method. Journal of Biological Rhythms Epub ahead, 7487304251389994 (2026)

Guidolin, C.; Zauner, J.; Hartmeyer, S.; Spitschan, M.: Collecting, detecting and handling non-wear intervals in longitudinal light exposure data. Behavior Research Methods 58 (1), 36 (2026)

Spitschan, M.; Biller, A.; Broszio, K.; Fischer, E.; Hegewald, J.; Rabstein, S.; Saathoff, E.; Smolders, K.; Thalji, S.; Weigelt, S. et al.; Weiskopf , D.; Zauner, J.: Ocular light and optical radiation exposure as a modifiable environmental determinant of health: expert consensus on research gaps and priorities. BMC Medicine 24, 119 (2026)

Fazlali, F.; Lazar, R.; Yahya, F.; Stefani, O.; Spitschan, M.; Cajochen, C.: Sex and seasonal variations in melatonin suppression, and alerting response to light. Journal of the Endocrine Society 9 (12), bvaf155 (2025)

Bickerstaff, L.; Trinkl, J.; Munkwitz, S.; Spitschan, M.: Sneezing in response to naturalistic bright light exposure. F1000Research 14, 1134 (2025)

Spitschan, M.; Kervezee, L.; Stefani, O.; Gordijn, M.; Veitch, J.; Lok, R.; Ladenburg Light and Health Consortium: Evidence-based public health messaging on the non-visual effects of ocular light exposure: A modified Delphi expert consensus. BMJ Public Health 3 (2), e003205 (2025)

Zauner, J.; Guidolin, C.; Spitschan, M.: How to Deal With Darkness: Modeling and Visualization of Zero-Inflated Personal Light Exposure Data on a Logarithmic Scale. Journal of Biological Rhythms 40 (5), 7487304251336624, pp. 480 - 490 (2025)

Hainke, L.; Spitschan, M.; Priller, J.; Taylor, T.; Dowsett, J.: 40 Hz Steady-State Visually Evoked Potentials Recovered During Oscillating Transcranial Electrical Stimulation. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 11 (5), 055031 (2025)

Kwaku Agbeshie, G.; Osei Duah Junior, I.; Amoah Andoh, A.; Ampong, J.; Owusu Mensah, N.; Ampoma-Mensah, A.; Zauner, J.; Spitschan, M.; Owusu Akuffo, K.: Physiologically relevant real-world light exposure and its behavioural and environmental determinants in Kumasi, Ghana. Open Research Europe 5, 300 (2025)

Murukesu, R.; Alkaff, Z.; Bridges, C.; Spitschan, M.: Ocular light exposure interventions for sleep, circadian rhythms, rest-activity cycles, mood, and cognitive function in older adults: An Overview of Cochrane and non-Cochrane Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 9 (9), CD016157 (2025)

Zauner, J.; Biller, A.; Spitschan, M.: Impact of light logger and dosimeter placement on wearability and appeal in real-life settings. Open Research Europe 5, 293 (2025)

Alwi Alkaff, Z.; Roobini Murukesu, R.; Del Villar, D.; Woerle, J.; Spitschan, M.: Protocol for a co-design study for the development of a chronotherapeutic mobile health behaviour change intervention targeting light exposure among older adults. F1000Research 13, 1356 (2025)

Fernandez-Alonso, M.; Spitschan, M.: Standardized and Calibrated Light Stimuli via Head-Mounted Displays for Investigating the Nonvisual Effects of Light. Journal of Pineal Research 77 (4), e70051 (2025)