Publications of M Spitschan

Spitschan, M.; Bock, A.; Ryan, J.; Frazzetta, G.; Brainard, D.; Aguirre, G.: The human visual cortex response to melanopsin-directed stimulation is accompanied by a distinct perceptual experience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (46), pp. 12291 - 12296 (2018)

Spitschan, M.; Wolders, T.: The Method of Silent Substitution for Examining Melanopsin Contributions to Pupil Control. Frontiers in Neuroscience 9, 941, pp. 1 - 11 (2018)

Spitschan, M.; Aguirre, G.: Vision: Melanopsin as a Raumgeber. Current Biology 27 (13), pp. R644 - R646 (2017)

Spitschan, M.; Lucas, R.; Brown, T.: Chromatic clocks: Color opponency in non-image-forming visual function. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 78, pp. 24 - 33 (2017)

Fluharty, M.; Jentzsch, I.; Spitschan, M.; Vishwanath, D.: Eye fixation during multiple object attention is based on a representation of discrete spatial foci. Scientific Reports 6, 31832, pp. 1 - 14 (2016)

Spitschan, M.; Aguirre, G.; Brainard, D.; Sweeney, A.: Variation of outdoor illumination as a function of solar elevation and light pollution. Scientific Reports 6, pp. 1 - 14 (2016)

Spitschan, M.; Datta, R.; Stern, A.; Brainard, D.; Aguirre, G.: Human Visual Cortex Responses to Rapid Cone and Melanopsin-Directed Flicker. The Journal of Neuroscience 36 (5), pp. 1471 - 1482 (2016)

Spitschan, M.; Aguirre, G.; Brainard, D.: Selective stimulation of penumbral cones reveals perception in the shadow of retinal blood vessels. PLoS One 10 (4), pp. 1 - 22 (2015)

Spitschan, M.; Jain, S.; Brainard, D.; Aguirre, G.: Opponent melanopsin and S-cone signals in the human pupillary light response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (43), pp. 15568 - 15572 (2014)

Zeiner, K.; Spitschan, M.; Harris, J.: Perceptual integration across natural monocular regions. Journal of Vision 14 (3), 5, pp. 1 - 14 (2014)

Santhi, N.; Spitschan, M. (Eds.): Circadian and Visual Neuroscience. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2022), 355 pp.

Hexley, A.; Morimoto, T.; Spitschan, M.: Psychophysics: Concepts, methods, and frontiers. In: APA handbook of research methods in psychology 1: Foundations, planning, measures, and psychometrics, Vol. 1, 2. ed. Ed., pp. 511 - 528 (Eds. Cooper, H.; Coutanche, M.; MacMullen, L.; Panter, A.; Rindskopf, D. et al.). American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, USA (2023)

Interdisciplinary Summer School "Measuring Light and Illumination". Interdisciplinary Summer School "Measuring Light and Illumination" 2022, Chexbres, Switzerland, August 15, 2022 - August 19, 2022. (2022)

Del Villar, D.; Roobini Murukesu, R.; Alkaff, Z.; Woerle, J.; Spitschan, M.: Developing LightUP: Interaction Design Lessons from a Sensor-Driven mHealth App for Light Exposure in Older Adults. In: 2026 ACM Interactive Health Conference, 19, pp. 157 - 165 (Eds. Nunes, F.; Chung, C.; Mentis, H.; Avellino, I.). ACM Interactive Health ‘26 (IH 2026), Porto, Portugal, July 05, 2026 - July 08, 2026. Association for Computing Machinery (2026)

Broszio, K.; Zauner, J.; Spitschan, M.: Wie viel Licht erreicht uns wirklich? Erkenntnisse aus der Dortmunder MeLiDos-Studie. In: 13. Symposium Licht und Gesundheit, pp. 27 - 32. 13. Symposium Licht und Gesundheit, February 25, 2026 - February 26, 2026. Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Dortmund, Germany (2026)

Wörrlein, L.; Kobas, B.; Rockcastle, S.; Spitschan, M.: Übertragungseffekte bei der lichtinduzierten Melatoninunterdrückung. In: 13. Symposium Licht und Gesundheit, pp. 18 - 22. 13. Symposium Licht und Gesundheit, February 25, 2026 - February 26, 2026. Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Dortmund, Germany (2026)

Zauner, J.; Hubalek, S.; Spitschan, M.: Translation von der Wissenschaft in die Praxis –Erarbeitung von stilisierten Praxisbeispielen zur Umsetzung der nicht-visuellen Lichtwirkung. In: 13. Symposium Licht und Gesundheit, pp. 33 - 34. 13. Symposium Licht und Gesundheit, February 25, 2026 - February 26, 2026. Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Dortmund, Germany (2026)

Stampfli, J.; Schrader, B.; Spitschan, M.; Blattner, P.; Cajochen, C.: Light-Dosimeter: Ein neues Gerät zur Erforschung von nicht-visuellen Lichtwirkungen. In: 11. Symposium Licht und Gesundheit, pp. 120 - 125. 11. Symposium Licht und Gesundheit, Dortmund, Germany, April 26, 2022 - April 27, 2022. Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Dortmund, Germany (2022)

Shiwen, L.; Steel, L.; Dahlsjö, C.; Peirson, S.; Shenkin, A.; Morimoto, T.; Smithson, H.; Spitschan, M.: Hyperspectral characterisation of natural illumination in woodland and forest environments. In: Novel Optical Systems, Methods, and Applications XXIV (Eds. Hahlweg, C.; Mulley, J.). SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications 2021, San Diego, CA, USA, August 01, 2021 - August 05, 2021. SPIE, Bellingham, WA, USA (submitted)

Golczyk, S.; Zauner, J.; Eisenbarth, W.; Spitschan, M.: Naturalistic visual experience and filter behaviour in congenital achromatopsia. In Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 67 (7), p. 2467. 2026 ARVO Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, May 03, 2026 - May 07, 2026. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, etc., Hagerstown, MD, etc. (2026)