====== Photic stimulation ====== Photic stimulation is a form of visual [[stimulation]] used in conjunction with [[electroencephalography]] to investigate anomalous brain activity triggered by specific visual stimuli, such as flashing lights or patterns. see [[Photosensitive epilepsy]]. ---- In [[clinical practice]], there is a prevailing notion that [[photosensitivity]] mostly occurs in [[child]]ren with [[epilepsy]] (CWE) with [[idiopathic generalized epilepsy]].