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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2026

Home-Based Tailored Light Therapy for Sleep, Mood, and Cognitive Outcomes in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Trial.

Weixin Li, Mayte Suarez-Farinas, Alessandra Shuster, Sara Mednick, Mariana G Figueiro

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Weixin LiLight and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6900-6361
Mayte Suarez-FarinasDepartment of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Alessandra ShusterDepartment of Cognitive Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Sara MednickDepartment of Cognitive Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Mariana G FigueiroLight and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7773-9239

Funding

Methodology Issues in a Tailored Light Treatment for Persons with DementiaR01AG034157 · NIA · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI FIGUEIRO, MARIANA GROSS · 2010 to 2024
$7.9M
The long-term impact of light intervention on sleep physiology and cognition in mild cognitive impairmentR01AG062288 · NIA · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI FIGUEIRO, MARIANA GROSS, MEDNICK, SARA CAROLE · 2019 to 2023
$3.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034157NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062288
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundLight offers a promising approach to sleep and circadian disturbances in mild cognitive impairment (MCI).ObjectiveTest a home-based lighting intervention in people living with MCI.MethodsIn a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 61 participants received active or placebo light for 24 weeks, with assessments for cognition, sleep, depression, and quality of life at baseline, week 13, 25, and, post-intervention, at week 37. Light exposure was measured as area under the curve (AUC) for morning circadian stimulus (CS).ResultsActive light participants (mean age 69.7 years; 52% male; mean MoCA 21.4) showed greater improvement in ADAS-Cog memory scores than placebo (

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Alzheimer’s diseasecircadian rhythmcognitionlightingmild cognitive impairment

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PMID42527889
PMCPMC13621361

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