Deliberate alteration of the visual evoked potential.
Seven out of 12 normal subjects could deliberately produce abnormal pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials (VEPs) which simulated disorders of the anterior visual pathways without detection. In six the mechanism was near-point accommodation and in one eccentric fixation. If voluntary suppression of the VEPs is suspected various modifications to the recording technique may be of value. These include the use of a large check size and stimulus field and binocular stimulation.
D000328:Adult; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011930:Reaction Time; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology