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Reminds me of various experiments I've heard about involving baby monkeys. They were separated from their mothers and given the choice of two model 'mother replacements'. One was a model made of wire, which was able to dispense milk. The other was a model made of something soft (I'm not entirely sure what), and didn't give out any food at all. They abandoned food in favour of the soft one.
So I'd guess we might be preconditioned to want our 'mum'/'comforter' to be something soft/warm etc - and that you might have trouble comforting the baby with only a set of lights.
It's an interesting idea, but I think that even at/before birth we're unlikely to be quite 'blank slate' enough for the experiment to work. Test-tube baby might probably have shockingly high cortisol levels, 'fail to thrive' and die.
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