Blue lighting can help relax your mind after arguments: study

London, Nov 12 (PTI) Had an argument with a friend?Sitting under blue lighting can help you calm down andalleviate such psychosocial stress, scient...

London, Nov 12 (PTI) Had an argument with a friend?Sitting under blue lighting can help you calm down andalleviate such psychosocial stress, scientists claim.

Scientists including those from the University of Granada(UGR) in Spain have proven, by means of an objectiveevaluation using electrophysiological measurements, that bluelighting accelerates the relaxation process in comparison withconventional white lighting.

Psychosocial stress is a kind of short-term stress thatoccurs during social or interpersonal relationships, forexample while arguing with a friend or when someone pressuresyou to finish a certain task as soon as possible.

The researchers note that psychosocial stress producessome physiological responses that can be measured by means ofbio-signals. This stress is very common and negatively affectspeople's health and quality of life.

For the study published in the journal PLOS One, theresearchers induced stress in twelve volunteers using MIST - awell-described method to cause stress in humans.

The session elicited a uniform level of stress in allparticipants. After a training period of three minutes, theMIST lasted six minutes.

Participants lay down in a room with no stimulus buteither a blue or white lighting.

Diverse bio-signals, such as heart rate and brainactivity, were measured throughout the whole session using anelectrocardiogram and an electroencephalogram, respectively.

The results showed that blue lighting accelerates therelaxation process, in comparison with conventional whitelighting. PTI MHNMHN.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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