The practice of nursery lighting has changed over the past several decades without
a clear basis. Cycled lighting was often used in the hospital nurseries in the fifties
and sixties. Continuous bright lighting became favored when neonatal intensive care
units (NICUS) were introduced in the seventies. Continuous dim light was introduced
in the eighties and nineties, along with covering infant incubators with blankets
and quilts.
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☆This work was supported by NIH grant NS32624.
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