<![CDATA[io9: Epilepsy]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Epilepsy]]> http://io9.com/tag/epilepsy http://io9.com/tag/epilepsy <![CDATA[In certain South American cultures, epileptics are "the undead," trapped between life and death]]> An interesting paper on the cultural dimensions of epilepsy among the Guaraní people of South America has recently come to our attention. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5847995&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How an iron rod to the skull changed neuroscience forever]]> On September 13, 1848, an accidental explosion drove a meter-long iron rod through the skull of Vermont railway worker Phineas Gage. Incredibly, Gage survived, but the lingering side-effects provided science its first clues about how the brain affects our personality. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5778864&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Strange Case of Seizures That Turned a Woman Into a Man]]> Researchers report an odd case in the latest issue of Epilepsy & Behavior. Whenever their patient had an epileptic seizure, she thought she'd become male - and that other women near her had turned into men too. What caused it? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5351169&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[First-Ever Example of a Computer Hack Attacking People's Brains]]> Neal Stephenson speculated about computer viruses that could crash human brains in his classic novel Snow Crash, but the technology to do something like that has always seemed (luckily) far in the future. Now, however, computer hackers have created a loophole that lets them do it today. Over a month ago, a group of anonymous people exploited a fairly well-known software vulnerability that allows them to flood web forums with a lot of posts. In this case, however, the posts were on an epilepsy site — and many contained images full of flashing icons explicitly designed to cause seizures. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=388601&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Martian Invaders Go To Pinball Hell]]> There's something pulpy and eye-searing about these images of Attack From Mars, a 1995 Bally pinball machine. This guy is selling his machine online, and he's taken insanely detailed photos of every part of the machine, including a hauntingly gorgeous image of the plastic aliens trapped in a glowing red pinball inferno. Click through for more images, but be warned: this machine can cause epilepsy! More »
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