Flickering of lights: Seizure activity can be triggered by flashing/flickering lights like could occur in a dark theater during a movie, or by turning lights on and off rapidly or letting lights flicker off a faceted turning sphere as during a band performance or a dance. People with recurrent seizures/epilepsy are often warned to avoid rapidly flashing or flickering lights.
Answered 10/6/2012
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Photoconvulsive: There are people who are sensitive to certain frequencies of flickering lights. This can occur from a movie, television program, flickering overhead lights or the flickering of sunlight through the leaves of trees.
Answered 5/31/2015
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