Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Ambient Lighting Atmospheres for Influencing Emotional Expressiveness and Cognitive Performance

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2019)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 11912))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

In this paper a study is reported for investigating the effects of a lighting atmosphere on emotional expressiveness and cognitive processing. An experimental lighting atmosphere was created for hospital consultation rooms to better support the shared decision making process of patient and clinician. The lighting atmosphere consists of two phases: (1) indirect, dimmed-warm light (supporting emotional expressiveness) and (2) direct, cold-bright light (supporting cognitive processing). The ambient lighting atmosphere was compared with a standard office lighting atmosphere involving 54 male participants. Participants took part in the experiment in pairs. During the first phase, they watched two emotion inducing film fragments and then discussed these fragments with each other. Under warm-dimmed lighting conditions significantly more emotions were expressed with less negative valence. During the second phase, participants performed two cognitive tasks. No statistical significant effects of lighting condition on both attention and concentration tasks were found.

The results showed that participants’ emotions and anxiety level was influenced negatively by the film fragments in both conditions. During the discussion, participants in the intervention condition had significantly more eye contact and showed fewer negative expressions than participants in the control condition. On the cognitive tasks, there was no difference between the conditions, indicating that attention and concentration were not influenced by the intervention.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Alimoglu, M., Donmez, L.: Daylight exposure and the other predictors of burnout among nurses in a University Hospital. Int. J. Nurs. Stud. 42(5), 549–555 (2005)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Baron, R.: Lighting as a source of positive affect (1990)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Beauchemin, K., Hays, P.: Sunny hospital rooms expedite recovery from severe and refractory depressions. J. Affect. Disord. 40, 49–51 (1996)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Bekelman, J.E., et al.: Clinically localized prostate cancer: ASCO clinical practice guideline endorsement of an American urological association/American society for radiation oncology/society of urologic oncology guideline. J. Clin. Oncol. 36(32), 3251–3258 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.18.00606

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Benninghoven, D., Kaduk, A., Wiegand, U., Specht, T., Kunzendorf, S.: Influence of anxiety on the course of heart disease after acute myocardial infarctionrisk factor or protective function? Psychother. Psychosom 75, 56–61 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Brickenkamp, R., Zillmer, E.: Test D2: Concentration-Endurance Test. CJ Hogrefe Publishers, Gottingen (1998)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Cajochen, C.: Alerting effects of light. Sleep Med. Rev. 11(6), 453–464 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Christian, L., et al.: Stress and Wound Healing. Neuroimmunomodulation 13(5–6), 337–346 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Dickens, C., et al.: The risk factors for depression in first myocardial infarction patients, vol. 34. Psychol Med (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  10. Durak, A., Olguntrk, N., Yener, C., Gven, D., Grnar, Y.: Impact of lighting arrangements and illuminances on different impressions of a room. Build. Environ. 42(10), 3476–3482 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Etkin, A., et al.: Individual differences in trait anxiety predict the response of the basolateral amygdala to unconsciously processed fearful faces. Neuron 44(6), 1043–1055 (2004)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Gimenez, M., et al.: Light and sleep within hospital settings, sleep-wake research in the Netherlands. Ann. Proc. Dutch Soc. Sleep-Wake Res. (NSWO) 22, 56–59 (2011)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Johnson, D.: Emotional attention set-shifting and its relationship to anxiety and emotion regulation. Emotion 9(5), 681 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Kaptein, M.C., Markopoulos, P., de Ruyter, B., Aarts, E.: Persuasion in ambient intelligence. J. Ambient Intell. Humaniz. Comput. 1(1), 43–56 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-009-0005-3

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Kuijsters, A., Redi, J., de Ruyter, B., Heynderickx, I.: Lighting to make you feel better: improving the mood of elderly people with affective ambiences. PLoS ONE 10, e0132732 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Kuijsters, A., Redi, J., de Ruyter, B., Heynderickx, I.: Inducing sadness and anxiousness through visual media: measurement techniques and persistence. Front. Psychol. 7, 1141 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01141. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01141

  17. van Kuilenburg, H., Wiering, M., den Uyl, M.: A model based method for automatic facial expression recognition. In: Gama, J., Camacho, R., Brazdil, P.B., Jorge, A.M., Torgo, L. (eds.) ECML 2005. LNCS (LNAI), vol. 3720, pp. 194–205. Springer, Heidelberg (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/11564096_22

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  18. Lehrl, S., et al.: Blue light improves cognitive performance. J. Neural Transm. 114(4), 457–460 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Manav, B.: An experimental study on the appraisal of the visual environment at offices in relation to colour temperature and illuminance. Build. Environ. 42(2), 979–983 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Mennin, D., Heimberg, R., Turk, C., Fresco, D.: Preliminary evidence for an emotion dysregulation model of generalized anxiety disorder. Behav. Res. Ther. 43(10), 1281–1310 (2005)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. van der Ploeg, H.: The development and validation of the Dutch State-Trait Anxiety Inventory: ‘De Zelf-Beoordelings Vragenlijst’ (1981)

    Google Scholar 

  22. de Ruyter, B., Aarts, E.: Ambient intelligence: visualizing the future. In: Proceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, AVI 2004, pp. 203–208. ACM, New York (2004). https://doi.org/10.1145/989863.989897

  23. Schaefer, A., Nils, F., Sanchez, X., Philippot, P.: Assessing the effectiveness of a large database of emotion-eliciting films: a new tool for emotion researchers. Cogn. Emot. 24(7), 1153–1172 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Sleegers, P., Moolenaar, N., Galetzka, M., Pruyn, A., Sarroukh, B., Zande, B.: Lighting affects students concentration positively: findings from three Dutch studies. Lighting Res. Technol. (2012)

    Google Scholar 

  25. Spielberger, C.D., Gorsuch, R.L., Lushene, R., Vagg, P.R., Jacobs, G.A.: Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Consulting Psychologists Press, Palo Alto (1983)

    Google Scholar 

  26. Steidle, A., Werth, L., Hanke, E.V.: You cant see much in the dark. Soc. Psychol. 42(3), 174–184 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Terman, M.: Evolving applications of light therapy. Sleep Med. Rev. 11(6), 497–507 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Terzis, V., Moridis, C.N., Economides, A.A.: Measuring instant emotions during a self-assessment test: the use of facereader. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behavioral Research, MB 2010, pp. 18:1–18:4 (2010)

    Google Scholar 

  29. Vancleef, L., Peters, M.: Pain catastrophizing, but not injury/illness sensitivity or anxiety sensitivity, enhances attentional interference by pain. J. Pain 7, 23–30 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Vandewalle, G., et al.: Spectral quality of light modulates emotional brain responses in humans. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 107, pp. 19549–19554 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Walch, J., Rabin, B., Day, R., Williams, J., Choi, K., Kang, J.: The effect of sunlight on postoperative analgesic medication use: a prospective study of patients undergoing spinal surgery. Psychosom. Med. 67, 156–163 (2005). (1534–7796. Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Govt)

    Google Scholar 

  32. Wells, J., Howard, G., Nowlin, W., Vargas, M.: Presurgical anxiety and postsurgical pain and adjustment: effects of a stress inoculation procedure. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 54(6), 831 (1986)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Wilhelm, P., Schoebi, D.: Assessing mood in daily life. Eur. J. Psychol. Assess. 23(4), 258–267 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. Zvolensky, M., Feldner, M., Eifert, G., Stewart, S.: Evaluating differential predictions of anxiety-related reactivity during repeated 20% carbon dioxide-enriched air challenge. Cogn. Emot. 15, 767–786 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Philips Research, High Tech Campus, 5656 AE, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Boris De Ruyter & Saskia Van Dantzig

Authors
  1. Boris De Ruyter
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Saskia Van Dantzig
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Boris De Ruyter .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Ioannis Chatzigiannakis

  2. Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Boris De Ruyter

  3. Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece

    Irene Mavrommati

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

De Ruyter, B., Van Dantzig, S. (2019). Ambient Lighting Atmospheres for Influencing Emotional Expressiveness and Cognitive Performance. In: Chatzigiannakis, I., De Ruyter, B., Mavrommati, I. (eds) Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11912. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34255-5_1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34255-5_1

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-34254-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-34255-5

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Societies and partnerships

Search

Navigation