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ompogUe ◴[] No.42130262[source]
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.

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Uehreka ◴[] No.42132102[source]
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.

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1. ompogUe ◴[] No.42138963[source]
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