Abstract
Proposal Summary Behavioral evidences indicate that fluorescent lighting among the indoor environmental variables (i.e., noise, ambient temperature, and air quality) plays a critical role in facilitating or hindering daily activities for the neurotypical population (people who do not have autism, dyslexia, developmental coordination disorder, bipolar disorder, or ADD/ADHD) (Rashid & Zimiring, 2008). For a neurodiverse population (e.g., ADD/.ADHD, Autistic, etc.), this becomes more complex (Amor, Oboyle, Pati, Pham, & Jou, 2014; Amor, Pati & OBoyle, 2013; Pati, Amor, & OBoyle, 2012). Specifically, autistic subjects become more distracted under fluorescent lighting, which generates agitation, hyperactivity, stress, and weaker cognitive skills, hence contributing to negative health and performance effects. For autistic subjects, functional neuroimaging suggests increased neural activity in sensory areas of the brain normally associated with stimulus driven processing, and decreased activity in areas normally...
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