Publications:
Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience

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)

Denniss, J.; Cheloni, R.; Martin, J.; Spitschan, M.: Pupil responses to melanopsin-isolating stimuli as a potential diagnostic biomarker for glaucoma. PLOS ONE 20 (5), e0324373 (2025)

Heinrichs, H.; Spitschan, M.: Within-subjects ultra-short sleep-wake protocol for characterising circadian variations in retinal function. PLOS ONE 20 (5), e0300405 (2025)

Biller, A.; Fatima, N.; Hamberger, C.; Hainke, L.; Plankl, V.; Nadeem, A.; Kramer, A.; Hecht, M.; Spitschan, M.: The Ecology of Human Sleep (EcoSleep) Cohort Study: Protocol for a longitudinal repeated measurement burst design study to assess the relationship between sleep determinants and outcomes under real-world conditions across time of year. Journal of sleep research 34 (2), e14225 (2025)

Hainke, L.; Dowsett, J.; Spitschan, M.; Priller, J.: 40 Hz Visual Stimulation During Sleep Evokes Neuronal Gamma Activity in NREM and REM Stages. Sleep 48 (3), zsae299 (2025)

Zauner, J.; Hartmeyer, S.; Spitschan, M.: LightLogR: Reproducible analysis of personal light exposure data with an open-source R package. The Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) 10 (107), 7601 (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 Epub ahead, e14454 (2025)

Trinkl, J.; Bickerstaff, L.; Munkwitz, S.; Spitschan, M.: Stimulus conditions eliciting sneezing in response to bright light. Experimental Brain Research 243 (2), 56 (2025)

Woelders, T.; Didikoglu, A.; Bickerstaff, L.; Brown, T.; Lucas, R.: Pupillometric and perceptual approaches provide independent estimates of melanopsin activity in humans. Sleep 48 (2), zsae289 (2025)

Martinsons, C.; Behar-Cohen, F.; Bergen, T.; Blattner, P.; Herf, M.; Gronfier, C.; Houser, K.; Jost, S.; Nilsson Tengelin, M.; Obein, G. et al.; Schlangen, L.; Simonot, L.; Spitschan, M.; Torriglia, A.; Zeitzer, J.: Reconsidering the spectral distribution of light: Do people perceive watts or photons? Lighting Research & Technology 56 (8), pp. 886 - 899 (2024)

Zauner, J.; Udovicic, L.; Spitschan, M.: Power analysis for personal light exposure measurements and interventions. PLOS ONE 19 (12), e0308768 (2024)

Alwi Alkaff, Z.; Roobini Murukesu, R.; Del Villar, D.; 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 (2024)

Biller, A.; Balakrishnan, P.; Spitschan, M.: Behavioural determinants of physiologically-relevant light exposure. Communications Psychology 2 (1), 114 (2024)

Guidolin, C.; Aerts, S.; Agbeshie, G.; Akuffo, K.; Aydin, S.; Baeza-Moyano, D.; Bolte, J.; Broszio, K.; Cantarero-García, G.; Didikoglu, A. et al.; González-Lezcano, R.; Joosten-Ma, H.; Melero-Tur, S.; Nilsson Tengelin, M.; Pérez Gutiérrez, M.; Stefani, O.; Svensson, I.; Udovičić, L.; Zauner, J.; Spitschan, M.: Protocol for a prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional cohort study to assess personal light exposure. BMC Public Health 24 (1), p. 3285 (2024)

Spitschan, M.; Kervezee, L.; Lok, R.; McGlashan, E.; Najjar, R.: How stepping out helped us tune in: finding space and time to think as an early career researcher. NPJ Biological Timing and Sleep 1 (1), 9 (2024)

Stefani, O.; Marek, R.; Schwarz, J.; Plate, S.; Zauner, J.; Schrader, B.: Wearable Light Loggers in Field Conditions: Corneal Light Characteristics, User Compliance and Acceptance. Clocks & Sleep 6 (4), pp. 619 - 634 (2024)

Finch, A.; Fernandez-Alonso, M.; Kirby, A.; Read, J.; Love, G.: Focusing on mixed narrow band stimuli: Implications for mechanisms of accommodation and displays. Journal of Vision 24 (9), 14 (2024)

Tir, S.; White, R.; Spitschan, M.: Inclusion, reporting and analysis of demographic variables in chronobiology and sleep research. Frontiers in Neuroscience 18, 1421026 (2024)

Hartmann, E.; Reichert, C.; Spitschan, M.: Effects of caffeine intake on pupillary parameters in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Behavioral and Brain Functions 20, 19 (2024)

Spitschan, M.; Hammad, G.; Blume, C.; Schmidt, C.; Skene, D.; Wulff, K.; Santhi, N.; Zauner, J.; Münch, M.: Metadata recommendations for light logging and dosimetry datasets. BMC Digital Health 2 (1), 73 (2024)