title: [Reflex seizures, cinema and television].
abstract: In movies and television series are few references to seizures or reflex epilepsy even though in real life are an important subgroup of total epileptic syndromes. It has performed a search on the topic, identified 25 films in which they appear reflex seizures. Most seizures observed are tonic-clonic and visual stimuli are the most numerous, corresponding all with flashing lights. The emotions are the main stimuli in higher level processes. In most cases it is not possible to know if a character suffers a reflex epilepsy or suffer reflex seizures in the context of another epileptic syndrome. The main conclusion is that, in the movies, the reflex seizures are merely a visual reinforcing and anecdotal element without significant influence on the plot.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Torrecardenas, 04009 Almeria, Espana.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olivares-Romero
mesh_terms: D004324:Drama / Q000266:history; D004644:Emotions; D020195:Epilepsy, Reflex / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009040:Motion Pictures / Q000266:history; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013690:Television / Q000266:history