Science Blog
The articles presented here are revised editions of selected posts originally published on the science blogs »Gray Matters« and »Graue Substanz« (translated from German). These posts are being updated to reflect current context, improve clarity, and align with the Migraine Aura Foundation’s mission: making migraine visible – and clinically meaningful.
Revisions are being made step by step. Older content is revisited, recontextualized, and where helpful, reinterpreted through today’s lens—while preserving the spirit of the original publications.
Can Light Treat What Light Hurts?
Zigzags, flickers, flashes, and stripe patterns — some visual stimuli can trigger a migraine, others an epileptic seizure. But could they also treat what they provoke? In this three-part series, I explore how visual hallucinations emerge in migraine, why some brains are hypersensitive to light, and whether precisely tuned stimuli might one day offer relief. An unexpected music video sets the stage for some illuminating science.
November 29, 2011
Culture of Optimal Sensory Overload
Visual triggers of epilepsy and migraine are light stimuli optimally tuned to the neural wiring of the cerebral cortex — and they are by no means limited to flickering video games anymore.
November 29, 2011