Influence of macular pigment on the sensitivity to discomfort glare from daylight.

Autor: Jain S; Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. sneha.jain@epfl.ch., Wienold J; Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland., Eandi C; Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules-Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland., Gisselbaek S; Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules-Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland., Kawasaki A; Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules-Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland., Andersen M; Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2023 Oct 29; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 18551. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 29.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45785-x
Abstrakt: Understanding the factors that influence the human perception of glare is necessary to properly address glare risks in buildings and achieve comfortable visual environments, especially in the workplace. Yet large inter-individual variabilities in glare perception remain unexplained and thus uncovered by the current empirical glare models. We hypothesize that this variability has an origin in the human retina, in particular in the density of macular pigments present in its central area, which varies between individuals. Macular pigments are known to absorb blue light and attenuate chromatic aberration, thus reducing light scatter. This study presents the outcomes of the first experiment ever conducted in a daylit office environment, in which glare sensitivity and macular pigment density were measured and compared for 110 young healthy individuals, along with other ocular parameters. The participants were exposed to different glare conditions induced by the sun filtered through either color-neutral or blue-colored glazing. In neutral daylight conditions with sun disc in the near periphery, neither macular pigment nor any other investigated ocular factors have an impact on discomfort glare perception whereas glare perception in conditions with the blue-colored sun disc in the near periphery was found to be correlated with macular pigment optical density.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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