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Will 3D Television or Movies Trigger Seizures?
Wed, 03/03/2010 - 22:39Comments
Re: Will 3D Television or Movies Trigger Seizures?
Submitted by shags38 on Fri, 2010-04-02 - 01:30
emva01,
Your comment was appreciated. It gets to the heart of the subject and why I started this forum. You felt a bit dizzy after seeing Avatar, I would suggest that about 50% or more of all people who watched it experienced the same feeling due to the brain (and eyes) having to work overtime to assimilate the 3d effect.
The fact that your EEG showed no photosensitive epilepsy is a good thing - now you can watch 3D without any major concerns.
cheers, Mike
emva01,
Your comment was appreciated. It gets to the heart of the subject and why I started this forum. You felt a bit dizzy after seeing Avatar, I would suggest that about 50% or more of all people who watched it experienced the same feeling due to the brain (and eyes) having to work overtime to assimilate the 3d effect.
The fact that your EEG showed no photosensitive epilepsy is a good thing - now you can watch 3D without any major concerns.
cheers, Mike
Re: Will 3D Television or Movies Trigger Seizures?
Submitted by Jessie S on Tue, 2010-06-15 - 01:13
JessS
Testing negative for photosensitivity on a standard EEG does not mean that you are "home free" and can rest assured that TV, etc. will not provoke a seizure. Not all people with visually induced seizures from TV, video games, etc. will test positive to photic stimulation. A standard EEG with photic stimulation is only testing a person's response to various flash rates of a white strobe light. However, a strobe light does not produce the same effects on the brain as moving images, patterns, and colors that we encounter in the environment. Please see my article on video games and photosensitivity: http://www.epilepsy.com/pdfs/journal/EIS-Issue3-2.pdf
JessS
Testing negative for photosensitivity on a standard EEG does not mean that you are "home free" and can rest assured that TV, etc. will not provoke a seizure. Not all people with visually induced seizures from TV, video games, etc. will test positive to photic stimulation. A standard EEG with photic stimulation is only testing a person's response to various flash rates of a white strobe light. However, a strobe light does not produce the same effects on the brain as moving images, patterns, and colors that we encounter in the environment. Please see my article on video games and photosensitivity: http://www.epilepsy.com/pdfs/journal/EIS-Issue3-2.pdf
Re: Will 3D Television or Movies Trigger Seizures?
Submitted by emva01 on Thu, 2010-04-01 - 10:34
I saw Avatar and felt kind of dizzy afterwards.. Everyone is different! During the strobe lights on EEG's I have no spikes so it could all be in my mind :)