Historia y Humanidades

Reflex seizures, cinema and television

J. Olivares-Romero [REV NEUROL 2015;61:557-560] PMID: 26662874 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.6112.2015290

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Volumen 61 | Number 12 | Nº of views of the article 5.131 | Nº of PDF downloads 418 | Article publication date 16/12/2015

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ABSTRACT

In movies and television series are few references to seizures or reflex epilepsy even though in real life are an important subgroup of total epileptic syndromes. It has performed a search on the topic, identified 25 films in which they appear reflex seizures. Most seizures observed are tonic-clonic and visual stimuli are the most numerous, corresponding all with flashing lights. The emotions are the main stimuli in higher level processes. In most cases it is not possible to know if a character suffers a reflex epilepsy or suffer reflex seizures in the context of another epileptic syndrome. The main conclusion is that, in the movies, the reflex seizures are merely a visual reinforcing and anecdotal element without significant influence on the plot. KeywordsCinema Epilepsy Photosensitivity Reflex seizures Series Television CategoriesEpilepsias y síndromes epilépticos

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