Text only version Print this leaflet Information leaflets: Photosensitive epilepsy Photosensitive epilepsy What is photosensitive epilepsy Seizures can sometimes be triggered by flashing or flickering lights, or even geometric shapes or patterns. This fairly rare condition is known as photosensitive epilepsy. Back to top How many people with epilepsy are photosensitive Approximately one in two ...

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Cartoon-based illness mystifies Japan December 17, 1997 Web posted at: 1:42 p.m. EST (1842 GMT) TOKYO (CNN) -- A Japanese television network called in doctors, psychologists and animation experts to find out why a popular cartoon triggered seizures in hundreds of children nationwide. More than 700 people, mainly school children, were rushed to hospitals Tuesday after suffering convulsions, ...

Radio National Transcripts: The Health Report Monday, 16th October 1995 How computer games can be bad for your brain Sound effects: Computer zapping noises Norman Swan: Sound familiar Well, many parents worry about the mind bending influence computer games might have on their children. But one researcher in the United Kingdom has been investigating a much more tangible side effect: computer ...