Yes, for me it was that Jesus-Mary-Joseph nite light that was supposed
to be protective, but I guess it led to my nearsightedness and an early
curiosity about visual illusions (e.g.,autokinetic effect). ;-) Gary
Peterson
-----Original Message-----
From: Miguel Roig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 10:33 AM
Subject: Night lights and myopia
>I just received this from a colleague and thought I post it to the list.
>
>>Compiled from Associated Press reports
>>Thursday, May 13, 1999; Page A13
>>Night Lights and Myopia
>>Children who sleep under the soft glow of a night light to keep the scary
>monsters away may be more likely to suffer a very real and lifelong
problem --
>nearsightedness.
>Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital
of
>Philadelphia say that youngsters who sleep in a dimly lighted room until
age 2
>may be as much as five times more likely to develop myopia, or
nearsightedness,
>as they grow up.
>
>The Philadelphia study of 479 children, published in today's issue of the
>journal Nature, raises the provocative possibility that too much light
prompts
>the eyes to grow excessively and skews their natural focus during the first
two
>years of life, when the eyes develop most rapidly. However, eye specialists
>from many institutions dismissed the study as premature and incomplete.
>
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>Assoc. Prof. of Psychology Fax: (718) 442-3612
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