Publications:
Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience

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)

Thalji, S.; Spitschan, M.: dlmoR: An open-source R package for the dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO) hockey-stick method. Journal of Biological Rhythms 41 (3), pp. 301 - 323 (2026)

Moebus, L.; Spitschan, M.; Ehrlenspiel, F.: Lower breathing frequencies in personalized slow-paced breathing enhance relaxation and reduce arousal. iScience Epub ahead (2026)

Spitschan, M.; Zauner, J.: Light Exposure as a Modifiable Determinant of Mental Health. Current Psychiatry Reports 28, 24 (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)

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)

Didikoglu, A.; Woelders, T.; Bickerstaff, L.; Mohammadian, N.; Johnson, S.; van Tongeren, M.; Casson, A.; Brown, T.; Lucas, R.: Relationships between light exposure and aspects of cognitive function in everyday life. Communications Psychology 4, 5 (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)

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

McNicholas, W.; Arnardottir, E.; Vyazovskiy, V.; Pevernagie, D.; Penzel, T.; Peigneux, P.; Grote, L.; Van Der Werf, Y.; de Jongh, F.; Schmidt, M. et al.; Adamantidis, M.; Sekaran, S.; Biller, A.; Knobl, B.; Luppi, P.-H.; Bassetti, C.; Paunio, T.: The future of education in sleep science and medicine in Europe: Report of an ESRS workshop. Journal of sleep research 34 (5), e14454 (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)