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Phosphene

A phosphene (from Greek, phos (light) and phainein (to show)) is the phenomenon of seeing light without light entering the eye. Phosphenes can be induced by mechanical, electrical, or magnetic stimulation of the retina or visual cortex, or by random firing of cells in the visual system. Phosphenes that are induced by movement or sound may be associated…

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Phosphene

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples62
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
Components1

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related to Electrical stimulation · 14
Phosphene → Braille, Brindley, Dick Normann, Dobelle, In, Lewin, Mark Humayun, Notable, Otfrid Foerster, Phosphenes, Research, Rushton, These, William
related to Research · 14
Phosphene → An, At, BrainNet, Each, EEG, Hz, Research, Risks, Tetris-style, The, The EEG, There, TMS, Two
related to Mechanical stimulation · 11
Phosphene → Another, Experiences, Greek, Helmholtz, Hermann, Isaac Newton, It, One, Pressure, The, They
related to Others · 10
Phosphene → Astronauts, Cherenkov, In, Patients, Phosphenes, The, These, They, This, TMS
related to Anthropological research · 5
Phosphene → David Lewis-Williams, Dowson, In, They, Upper Paleolithic
related to Mechanism · 4
Phosphene → An, For, Grüsser, Most

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phosphenes visual stimulation pressure light system research also retina magnetic seeing cortex cells reported induced electrical eye brain electrodes one

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bright circles that exist near or opposite to where pressure is being appliedinstance ofwell defined shapes0.80text
a scintillatinginstance ofwell defined shapes0.80text
ever-changinginstance ofwell defined shapes0.80text
deforming light grid with occasional dark spotsinstance ofwell defined shapes0.80text
Phosphenerelated to Anthropological researchIn0.60section
Phosphenerelated to Anthropological researchDavid Lewis-Williams0.60section
Phosphenerelated to Anthropological researchDowson0.60section
Phosphenerelated to Anthropological researchThey0.60section
Phosphenerelated to Anthropological researchUpper Paleolithic0.60section
Phosphenerelated to Electrical stimulationPhosphenes0.60section
Phosphenerelated to Electrical stimulationOtfrid Foerster0.60section
Phosphenerelated to Electrical stimulationBrindley0.60section

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