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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Photosensitive epilepsy is a condition where patients experience seizures when presented with flashing lights. | Photosensitive epilepsy is a condition where patients experience seizures when presented with flashing lights. In 1997, thousands of children reported being affected by watching a pokemon episode in Japan. | ||
700 of these children experienced epileptic seizures caused by flashing lights in the pokemon episode <ref>Radford, B., & Bartholomew, R. (2001). Pokémon contagion: photosensitive epilepsy or mass psychogenic illness?. Southern medical journal, 94(2), 197-204.</ref> | |||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
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== Appendix == | == Appendix == | ||
[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14oQZLIptuTTqBqslfUaJj_xuGhrAtNhYPHK1gOYAtbs/edit?usp=sharing Presentation Slides] | [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14oQZLIptuTTqBqslfUaJj_xuGhrAtNhYPHK1gOYAtbs/edit?usp=sharing Presentation Slides] | ||
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Revision as of 20:33, 12 December 2017
Project Title
Simulation of Cone Responses for Photosensitive Epilepsy
Introduction
Photosensitive epilepsy is a condition where patients experience seizures when presented with flashing lights. In 1997, thousands of children reported being affected by watching a pokemon episode in Japan. 700 of these children experienced epileptic seizures caused by flashing lights in the pokemon episode <ref>Radford, B., & Bartholomew, R. (2001). Pokémon contagion: photosensitive epilepsy or mass psychogenic illness?. Southern medical journal, 94(2), 197-204.</ref>