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  2. Photopsia - Wikipedia

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    Photopsia is the presence of perceived flashes of light in the field of vision. It is most commonly associated with: [4] posterior vitreous detachment; migraine aura (ocular migraine / retinal migraine) migraine aura without headache; scintillating scotoma; retinal break or detachment; occipital lobe infarction (similar to occipital stroke)

  3. Flash of Genius (film) - Wikipedia

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    A decade later, he is happily married to Phyllis and the father of six children. As he drives his Ford Galaxie through a light rain, the constant movement of the windshield wipers irritates his troubled vision. The incident inspires him to create a wiper blade mechanism modeled on the human eye, which blinks every few seconds rather than ...

  4. Cosmic ray visual phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Cosmic ray visual phenomena, or light flashes (LF), also known as Astronaut's Eye, are spontaneous flashes of light visually perceived by some astronauts outside the magnetosphere of the Earth, such as during the Apollo program.

  5. Scintillating scotoma - Wikipedia

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    Many variations occur, but scintillating scotoma usually begins as a spot of flickering light near or in the center of the visual field, which prevents vision within the scotoma area. It typically affects both eyes, as it is not a problem specific to one eye. [5] [6] The affected area flickers but is not dark. It then gradually expands outward ...

  6. Flashes (film) - Wikipedia

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    Flashes is a science fiction film by Amir Valinia. It stars Tom Sizemore , Christopher Judge , Donny Boaz, Elle LaMont , Anthony Omari, AnnMarie Giaquinto, Deke Anderson and Johnny Walter. A man has his perception of reality challenged as he goes through a series of realities.

  7. Looker - Wikipedia

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    Roberts learns that Looker stands for "light ocular-oriented kinetic emotive responses" which uses high-intensity light to induce trances in those exposed. A man enters the Looker lab and attacks Roberts using the Looker gun. Roberts defends himself by using a pair of mirrored sunglasses to reflect the light, immobilizing the assailant.

  8. The Hypnotic Eye - Wikipedia

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    The Hypnotic Eye is a 1960 [1] [2] horror film, released by Allied Artists on February 27, 1960, starring Jacques Bergerac, Allison Hayes, Merry Anders, Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, and Ferdinand Demara, billed as "Fred Demara".

  9. Phosphene - Wikipedia

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    One example of a pressure phosphene is demonstrated by gently pressing the side of one's eye and observing a colored ring of light on the opposite side, as detailed by Isaac Newton. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Another common phosphene is "seeing stars" from a sneeze , laughter, a heavy and deep cough, blowing of the nose , a blow on the head or low blood ...