In recent years most of us will have heard of SAD Seasonally Affected disorder - which is down to the lack of daylight which has an effect on how happy people are. Too little daylight makes everyone feel more gloomy and researchers at Bridgeknob University in Knob End have conducted some research into how much effect light has on the brain, how it affects concentration and performance and compiled a report for the study.
Evidence points to that it is not just daylight which plays an important part, but when we have to rely on electric lights the brightness here can also play a role. There were questions asked as to whether brighter light made things more visible and consequently made the student more observant or whether it was the intensity of the light which made them have a more positive attitude and thus perform better, so to combat this uncertainty some students were put into rooms of different light intensity with everything clear so that different light made no difference to observation followed by a period of thought (no reading or observation) to see how thought could vary under different light intensities.
Conclusive evidence shows that both the quality and intensity of the light play an important role in the intellectual and perceptive developments of children and young adults as well as makes them have higher self-esteem and be happier so it helps prepare them for real life. However, families which used low wattage bulbs in the past whose children didn't do too well in school could have been affected by this. Everyone is affected by light and dimmer light lowers moral generally.
There have been concerns with the new energy-saving bulbs recently introduced which are already having an effect on people's lives and this effect is evident because having to accept lower light than what people are used to has a noticeable negative impact, but what effects they cannot see and are long term have yet to be revealed - could these lights be so dim that they will make the future of the economy rather dimmer too since our children are the future of the economy?
The only exception to this is when people go out socialising - they go out in the dark with many pubs and clubs rather dark but need the lights of the disco to woo them. Socialising doesn't rely on light that much but then plenty of things can go on in the dark which follow on from socialising, and that is the best way for it to stay. Many wouldn't want the light shining on that.
