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Light vs. Sleep

CSEF · 2016 Behavioral & Social Sciences

Juliana Carrillo, Jaclyn Rawnsley · St. Rose of Lima Elementary School, Simi Valley, Ventura County

Overview

Objectives/Goals The object of this study was to determine how different colors of light affected you while sleeping. Out of the colors (purple, green, red and white), we believed that the purple light would affect our sleep the least. Methods/Materials Fitbits - using the sleep feature; we tracked our sleep patterns to determine how long it took us to fall asleep, how many times awake/restless, and how many minutes we were awake/restless. Colored light bulbs (purple, green, red and white) - each tested while sleeping with light on all night. Results We found we were able to sleep the best with the purple light and we had the worst sleep with the red. Conclusions/Discussion Our goal was to find out whether light affects our sleep and how. This project showed us that purple light helped us sleep calmly and longer while the red light kept us awake and disturbed.

Summary statement

Our project is about finding how different colors of light affected you while sleeping.

Help received

None. We created and tested the lights ourselves.

Competition history

  • CSEF 2016 Behavioral & Social Sciences · Entry J0405

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