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Maybe fluorescents with the idea that the narrow spectrum of light produced was less likely to be effective?
by uxp100 5y ago
Maybe fluorescents with the idea that the narrow spectrum of light produced was less likely to be effective?
- kragen 5y agoWell, I mean, SAD lightboxes do use fluorescents.
- Retric 5y agoI spoke to a physiatrist who considered full spectrum light to be essential in the light boxes. Don’t know about the actual research on the topic.
- ghostly_s 5y agoThe entire market of SAD lights was fluorescents pre-LEDs, they can be made just as "full spectrum" as LEDs are (by which I mean neither is capable of true full spectrum, just an approximation with appropriate phosphors).
- Retric 5y agoIncandescents can actually produce a continuous spectrum, so I am guess this is and was just misuse of the term.
- kragen 5y agoYeah, I assumed you were saying that the physiatrist was insisting on the use of incandescents for that reason. I don't know why someone would interpret you as saying that LEDs were superior to fluorescents, since obviously neither one produces full-spectrum light!