Citation

Harding GF, Jeavons PM, Edson AS. Epilepsia 1994; 35(6): 1208-1216.

Affiliation

Department of Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, England.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7988513

Abstract

Nine patients who had epileptic attacks while playing computer games were studied in the laboratory. Patients had an EEG recorded as well as their response to intermittent photic stimulation (IPS) at flash rates of 1-60 fps. In addition, pattern sensitivity was assessed in all patients by a gratings pattern. Only 2 patients had no previous history of convulsions, and only 2 had a normal basic EEG. All but 1 were sensitive to IPS, and all but 1 were pattern sensitive. Most patients were male, but although this appears to conflict with previously published literature results regarding the sex ratio in photosensitivity, it was due to the male predominance of video game usage. We compared our results with those reported in the literature. Diagnosing video game epilepsy requires performing an EEG with IPS and pattern stimulation. We propose a standard method of testing.

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