Intermittent photic stimulation as an activation method for electroencephalographic screening of aircrew applicants

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité, Dorothée G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air traffic controller; Aircrew; Helicopter; Intermittent photic stimulation; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ANAMNESIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MONITOR; MYOCLONUS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; STRESS; STROBOSCOPY; SUNLIGHT; SYMPTOM; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EYE MOVEMENTS; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 12144254429     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.10.003     Document Type: Review

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