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Stripes Hypothesised as Cause of Headaches and Seizures
The Telegraph reports [telegraph.co.uk] on work published in Current Biology [cell.com] (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.076 [doi.org]) in which researchers
[...] propose that a risk factor for seizures in patients with photosensitive epilepsy is engagement of the circuitry that produces gamma oscillations.
Gamma oscillations are brain waves that oscillate at frequencies in the 30 to 80 Hz range. One researcher told the Telegraph:
Our findings imply that in designing buildings, it may be important to avoid the types of visual patterns that can activate this circuit and cause discomfort, migraines, or seizures [...] Even perfectly healthy people may feel modest discomfort from the images that are most likely to trigger seizures in photosensitive epilepsy.
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