tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181744309080861233.post6027188564325346402..comments2024-01-12T00:48:55.192-08:00Comments on Music and Brain Blog at University of Toronto: Musicophobia: When Your Favorite Song Gives You SeizuresLee Bartelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06727468225852676801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181744309080861233.post-69584140178570173902009-10-12T14:16:05.869-07:002009-10-12T14:16:05.869-07:00You know, the story itself, plus the comments of t...You know, the story itself, plus the comments of the various specialists listed in the site, remind me of some of psychological cases of Freud as reported many of his writings, one of them Psychopathology of Everyday Life, but in others too. It seems that the case mentioned in the Musicophobia article, as it happens with all phobias describes by Freud, originate in some form of psychological trauma. I also suspect that one it is established, the patient identify herself with the pathology, so the unconscious perpetuates the symptomns.Augusto Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14911109592709931399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181744309080861233.post-13758938134533192002009-10-10T14:09:55.616-07:002009-10-10T14:09:55.616-07:00Hmm... I wonder whatqualities about the music indu...Hmm... I wonder whatqualities about the music induced the seizures. Was it something physical, such as particular "trigger" frequencies? Or (perhaps even worse), were these epileptic fits possibly brought on by her neurological handling of the music; did her enjoyment of the music, rather than the music itself, play a factor?<br /><br />I suppose the existence of aurally-triggered epilepsy should be no harder to accept than that of optically-triggered epilepsy. I wonder why there is such a disparity in case frequency? For that matter, what of the other senses; is it theoretically possible to induce an epileptic seizure through particular tastes or smells?Brian Graiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868975995899615827noreply@blogger.com