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 ...

There are many misconceptions about epilepsy, a chronic brain disorder that includes people thinking that it is contagious ...

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 ...

International Epilepsy Day 2025 aims to raise awareness and dispel common myths surrounding epilepsy. This neurological ...

Though Incredibles 2 was a major critical and commercial success, it was also criticised by disability advocates for the ...

A spokesperson said: 'All programmes are put through a Photosensitive Epilepsy (PSE) test device to ensure that the levels of lighting intensity are within accepted parameters. 'When the PSE ...

The eruption of digital technologies and ICT has meant that, in recent decades, there has been an enormous presence of screens in people's lives and, above ...

These children show myoclonic jerks and/or epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures only in response to a visual stimulus. Visually induced and spontaneous seizures, with or without a ...

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 ...