Approximately 685 Japanese children suffered seizures after watching a Pokemon television cartoon. It triggered fears that modern cartoons and even video games could be putting children at risk of fits. However, an Italian Study pointed out that researchers believe that children prone to a particular type of epilepsy had problems in one particular area of the brain. The team from the University of Pisa found that these children’s brains were less able to distinguish between the black and white in flickering images. Let’s hope this Health Mystery doesn’t one-day turn into “Brain Warfare.”
