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Brief Communication Nonphotosensitive Video Game‐Induced Partial Seizures
Author(s) -
Takahashi Yukitoshi,
Shigematsu Hideo,
Kubota Hidemoto,
Inoue Yushi,
Fujiwara Tateki,
Yagi Kazuichi,
Seino Masakazu
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1995.tb01623.x
Subject(s) - ictal , video game , neuroscience , psychology , epilepsy , frontal lobe , electroencephalography , rhythm , temporal lobe , audiology , medicine , computer science , multimedia
Summary: We report a 9‐year‐old boy with a ring 20 chromosome anomaly whose complex partial seizures (CPS), presumably of frontal lobe origin, were often induced by playing video games. Neither photosensitivity nor pattern sensitivity was observed. An intensive video‐EEG investigation showed that video games as well as mental calculation elicited rhythmic runs of bilateral high‐voltage slow waves, which eventually evolved into ictal discharges. This case suggests that higher brain functions can be involved in seizure induction.