[FRIAM] Visual Migraines

[Nick Thompson]

Ohhhhh. Amoebae.   Mine are scintillating fortresses.  N

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

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From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Barry MacKichan
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 1:49 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Visual Migraines

 

The first time I had one of these, I had just heard some horror stories about detached retinas. I made an emergency trip to our ophthalmologist, who reassured me and then said it was really a circulatory problem, and not a retinal problem. So I left we one worry replaced by another.

I don’t perceive any geometric patterns, though. Mine are more like amoebae who have rolled in glitter.

--Barry

On 6 May 2019, at 15:39, Frank Wimberly wrote:

Also called optical migraines.  I experience them as perfect, complex, geometric patterns which scintillate and exhibit various colors.  How does that come about from the glop that is my brain or retina or whatever?  It's all glop.

 

Frank

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