Re: Magnetophosphenes

Terry Bastian ( tbastian@dmv.com )
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 21:42:48 -0500

At 03:58 PM 3/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Folks!
>
>This interesting post was sent to the vortex list;
>
>"Normally, people are not able to sense the presence of very high
>10-1,000 mG magnetic fields; however, extremely high levels exceeding
>100 Gauss (100,000 mG) will cause a temporary visual flickering
>sensation called magnetophosphenes which disappears when the field is
>removed. "
>
>I've never heard of this -- anyone know of other refs to the "effect"?
>What causes it? Magnetic distortion of synaptic transmissions?

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