Recruiting study
Correlated Color Temperature and Flow
A study examining how color temperature and spectrum effect flow states
Status
Recruiting
Eligibility
Anyone over 18 who is not color blind or regularly using beta blockers.
Time commitment
Three 90-minute sessions
Contact
Flow has been shown to enhance performance but research on the predictors of flow is limited. A promising environmental factor is lighting, specifically color temperature and spectrum, and my research will examine if they are conducive to a flow state. I will examine cool and warm light with varying spectral content to determine if participants are able to more easily achieve deeper states of flow. I will test whether participants achieve greater flow under different lighting conditions (warm 2500K, cool low-melanopic and cool high-melanopic 6500K light) while monitoring biological markers including heart rate and heart rate variability. The biological markers will then be analyzed to determine the involvement of the sympathetic nervous system and correlated with the participants responses on the Flow State and sleepiness scale.