Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on the infamous Pokémon episode

On the other side of the coin: have a kid with epilepsy. After learning about possible effects of K448/Mozart's sonata in D Major, we keep a copy of it on all our phones, and it does seem to relax him when he is having a seizure.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-95922-7

Always thought it was funny that the only other song they had found (up until 2021) with a similar audio signature was from "Yanni Live at the Acropolis"

Also, I found and watched the porygon episode in the last year, and it's certainly pretty intense.

Wait what?

And it’s just those two songs?

Is it just difficult to study this with a wide variety of songs because you need to perform the study in an MRI machine while a patient is suffering a seizure? It seems weird that one particular song by Mozart would have this effect but not other classical music with similar arrangements or instruments.

I watched the clip now and even though it’s only one or two seconds it’s wildly uncomfortable and makes me feel weird.

As someone who had a partner with intense seizures for many years, it’s a super helpless feeling to see them suffer in such traumatic fashion and not be able to do anything about it. Having small tasks like playing music seems really unlikely to help but it definitely gives a care taker something to do.

It IS weird. Not sure if it helps with the lightening storm going on in their head, but it at least does help calm the situation.

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28567682