Is colour modulation an independent factor in human visual photosensitivity?

Brain

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1679-1689

  Parra, Jaime ^a   Lopes Da Silva, Fernando H ^b   Stroink, Hans ^c   Kalitzin, Stiliyan ^a  

^a STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromatosensitive epilepsy; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitive epilepsy; Seizure prevention; Tinted lenses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STROBOSCOPY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE LIGHT; CHILD; COLOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SPECTACLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STROBOSCOPY;

EID: 34250828409     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm103     Document Type: Article

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