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Dr Rosenthal; I still have memories of Building 10 and the "motion/activity" detectors you used; and how they got smaller and smaller till they were just a silver metal box the size of a box of matches worn on the wrist! (And there was a minor amount of teasing at school from wearing those devices)

I do remember feeling a bit silly sitting under the full spectrum lights (and then the colored filters as well) for a few hours/day in the AM and PM when it was dark. But apparently it worked! (not that I thought it would as a kid at the time)

But thank you again for your research!!! (and the 10 year (I think) follow up after the research program as well)

Sincerely;

One of your very initial group of "Lab Rats". I'll have to tell my Mom about this (she's also a PhD in related fields, and does bio- and nurofeedback (still!))

Well, I'm not about to break Dr./Patient (or in this case Researcher/Lab Rat) confidentiality on a public forum. But I was one of the younger ones in your initial group of 10~15 people (if I remember correctly, it was more then 2 decades ago, and I was in middle school at the time).

I remember the long lists of questions, and the weekly or more often visits to "read out" my activity meter (9th floor? near one of the corners? of the building, looking towards Ceder lane?), the plotted graphs of my motion over time to show how as light went down; so did my activity; and as the lights were used it went up; and then when the "correct" filters were used, it went up even more. I also remember that I liked the full spectrum lights to sit under much much more then the filtered spectrum ones. But the filtered ones were more effective. (and the cat really liked the full spectrum ones too... just like lying in a sunbeam)

Both my parents are PhD's in related fields, and I cant remember if mom was also doing research of some type at NIH or what, but you two did seem to know each other, at least professionally. (Possibly via Dr. Irv @ the Apothecary on Cedar?)

In any event; it's a rather nice little "check box" in my life history to know I was a (very small) part of helping the world to feel better in a measurable way. And I even got to know myself a lot better! (and I seem to have out-grown some percentage of my SAD symptoms... but I also know just what to do if they come back! A great feeling!)

And it's great to hear you are still doing well!!

Warmest Regards!