Responses to intermittent photic stimulation in an individual patient are influenced by the level of alertness and whether the eyes are open, closed, or closing at the beginning of intermittent ...

The photosensitivity sometimes began several years after epilepsy onset and sometimes disappeared before the seizures stopped. Probably, the pathophysiologic mechanisms of photoparoxysmal response ...

Scientists in Europe have developed a special eyeglass lens that could make movies, TV, and video games safer for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Able to be toggled on and off, the technology ...

Today, many films, TV episodes, and games are preceded by splash screens warning viewers that certain scenes could induce seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy, which is thought to ...

From 3 to 5 per cent of people with epilepsy are photosensitive. Here, triggers include strobe lighting, flickering light at rapid frequency (for example, sun through trees), bold, geometric ...