Flashing bike lights trigger seizures in individuals with photosensitive epilepsy

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Flashing lights and visual strobing are well-established triggers for seizures in individuals with photosensitive epilepsy.

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The retrieved literature consistently confirms that light flashes, strobing lights, and flickering visual stimuli can trigger seizures in individuals with photosensitive epilepsy, supported by clinical reviews and experimental studies.

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Extended Functionality Attacks on IoT Devices: The Case of Smart Lights

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Eyal Ronen, Adi Shamir. Extended Functionality Attacks on IoT Devices: The Case of Smart Lights. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/eurosp.2016.13

Demonstrates that strobing or flashing lights at specific frequencies can trigger seizures in people suffering from photosensitive epilepsy.

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Visually sensitive seizures: An updated review by the Epilepsy Foundation

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Robert S. Fisher, Jayant N. Acharya, Fiona M. Baumer, Jacqueline A. French, Pasquale Parisi, Jessica Solodar, Jerzy P. Szaflarski, Liu Lin Thio, Benjamin Tolchin, Arnold J. Wilkins, Dorothée Kasteleijn‐Nolst Trenité. Visually sensitive seizures: An updated review by the Epilepsy Foundation. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17175

Reviews how light flashes, patterns, and color changes provoke seizures in susceptible individuals.

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Photosensitivity in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies

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Athanasios Covanis. Photosensitivity in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies. 2005. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00315.x

Explains how flickering light sources can provoke generalized and clinical seizures as an abnormal visual sensitivity.

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Reflex epilepsy: triggers and management strategies

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Zeynep Vildan Okudan, Çiğdem Özkara. Reflex epilepsy: triggers and management strategies. 2018. https://doi.org/10.2147/ndt.s107669

Classifies photosensitive epilepsies as reflex epilepsies where seizures are consistently induced by visual stimuli such as light flashes.

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