In _Science_ Vol 292 1 June 01 p 1637 there's a brief reference to "musicogenic epilepsy", "a rare conditionin which seizures are triggered by music" And a note that Che Guevara had congenital amusica, ie, he couldn't understand music.
David Honig <honig@sprynet.com> wrote:
In _Science_ Vol 292 1 June 01 p 1637 there's a brief reference to "musicogenic epilepsy", "a rare conditionin which seizures are triggered by music"
My good friend and roommate of two years has just such a condition. His epileptic seizures are triggered by, among other things, the "Happy Birthday" song. -- Riad Wahby rsw@mit.edu MIT VI-2/A 2002 5105
At 1:48 PM -0400 6/12/01, Riad S. Wahby wrote:
David Honig <honig@sprynet.com> wrote:
In _Science_ Vol 292 1 June 01 p 1637 there's a brief reference to "musicogenic epilepsy", "a rare conditionin which seizures are triggered by music"
My good friend and roommate of two years has just such a condition. His epileptic seizures are triggered by, among other things, the "Happy Birthday" song.
ROTFHASASMT! (Rolling on the floor having a seizure and swallowing my tongue!) --Tim May -- Timothy C. May tcmay@got.net Corralitos, California Political: Co-founder Cypherpunks/crypto anarchy/Cyphernomicon Technical: physics/soft errors/Smalltalk/Squeak/agents/games/Go Personal: b.1951/UCSB/Intel '74-'86/retired/investor/motorcycles/guns
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