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Thomas A. Wehr is a researcher affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with a focus on various subfields such as physiology, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, astronomy and astrophysics, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research topics include paranormal experiences and beliefs, spaceflight effects on biology, sleep and wakefulness research, space science and extraterrestrial life, circadian rhythm and melatonin, biofield effects and biophysics, and sleep and related disorders.

Wehr has published papers in several notable scientific venues, including:

  • Science Advances
  • BioEssays
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Preprints.org
  • Brain Sciences

Examples of recent publications by Thomas A. Wehr include:

  • "Longitudinal observations call into question the scientific consensus that humans are unaffected by lunar cycles," 2021, BioEssays
  • "Correction referring to: Longitudinal observations call into question the scientific consensus that humans are unaffected by lunar cycles," 2021, BioEssays

Other significant papers related to fields in which Wehr is involved include works by frequent coauthor Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, such as "Women temporarily synchronize their menstrual cycles with the luminance and gravimetric cycles of the Moon" published in 2021 in Science Advances, and "Synchronization of women's menstruation with the Moon has decreased but remains detectable when gravitational pull is strong," scheduled for 2025 in Science Advances.

Frequent collaborators of Wehr include Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, Giuseppe Barbato, Thomas Hovestadt, Oliver Mitesser, and Stefanie Monecke.

The breadth of Wehr's research touches on interdisciplinary topics within biological rhythms and environmental influences on physiology, particularly exploring how lunar cycles may interact with human biological processes and sleep patterns.

Best Publications

  • Seasonal Affective Disorder: A Description of the Syndrome and Preliminary Findings With Light Therapy

    Norman E. Rosenthal;David A. Sack;J. Christian Gillin;Alfred J. Lewy

  • Light Suppresses Melatonin Secretion in Humans

    Alfred J. Lewy;Thomas A. Wehr;Frederick K. Goodwin;David A. Newsome

  • Epidemiological findings of seasonal changes in mood and behavior. A telephone survey of Montgomery County, Maryland.

    Siegfried Kasper;Thomas A. Wehr;John J. Bartko;Paul A. Gaist

  • Phase advance of the circadian sleep-wake cycle as an antidepressant

    TA Wehr;A Wirz-Justice;FK Goodwin;W Duncan

  • Rapid cycling affective disorder: contributing factors and treatment responses in 51 patients

    T. A. Wehr;D. A. Sack;N. E. Rosenthal;R. W. Cowdry

  • Rapid cycling in manic-depressives induced by tricyclic antidepressants.

    Thomas A. Wehr;Frederick K. Goodwin

  • Bright artificial light treatment of a manic-depressive patient with a seasonal mood cycle.

    Alfred J. Lewy;Herbert A. Kern;Norman E. Rosenthal;Thomas A. Wehr

  • Can antidepressants cause mania and worsen the course of affective illness

    Thomas A. Wehr;Frederick K. Goodwin

  • Sleep reduction as a final common pathway in the genesis of mania.

    Thomas A. Wehr;David A. Sack;Norman E. Rosenthal

  • Antidepressant effects of light in seasonal affective disorder.

    Norman E Rosenthal;David A. Sack;Constance J. Carpenter;Barbara L. Parry

  • Seasonal Affective Disorders

    Norman E Rosenthal;Thomas A Wehr

  • Conservation of photoperiod-responsive mechanisms in humans

    T. A. Wehr;D. E. Moul;G. Barbato;H. A. Giesen

  • The durations of human melatonin secretion and sleep respond to changes in daylength (photoperiod).

    Thomas A. Wehr

  • A circadian signal of change of season in patients with seasonal affective disorder.

    Thomas A. Wehr;Wallace C. Duncan;Leo Sher;Daniel Aeschbach

  • Seasonality and affective illness.

    Thomas A. Wehr;Norman E. Rosenthal

  • Circadian rhythm mechanisms in affective illness and in antidepressant drug action.

    T. A. Wehr;Anna Wirz-Justice

  • Supersensitivity to light: possible trait marker for manic-depressive illness.

    A. J. Lewy;John Nurnberger;T. A. Wehr;D. Pack

  • Thyroid Abnormalities Associated With Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Illness

    Rex W. Cowdry;Thomas A. Wehr;Athanasios P. Zis;Frederick K. Goodwin

  • Age-related changes in sleep in depressed and normal subjects

    J.Christian Gillin;Wallace C. Duncan;Dennis L. Murphy;Robert M. Post

  • Photoperiodism in Humans and Other Primates: Evidence and Implications:

    Thomas A. Wehr

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman E. Rosenthal
Norman E. Rosenthal National Institutes of Health
Frederick K. Goodwin
Frederick K. Goodwin National Institutes of Health
Siegfried Kasper
Siegfried Kasper Medical University of Vienna
Ellen Leibenluft
Ellen Leibenluft National Institutes of Health
Alfred J. Lewy
Alfred J. Lewy Oregon Health & Science University
Anna Wirz-Justice
Anna Wirz-Justice University of Basel
Philip W. Gold
Philip W. Gold National Institutes of Health
Dennis L. Murphy
Dennis L. Murphy National Institutes of Health
J. Christian Gillin
J. Christian Gillin University of California, San Diego
John I. Nurnberger
John I. Nurnberger Indiana University

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