The United States uses NTSC video signals at 60 cycles per second, also known as 60 herz. That's faster than Europe and Japan, which both use a 50-herz cycle. Some who watched the Pokemon episode in question remarked on the oddly glowing red eyes of the characters. The red light may have some significance to the mysterious outbreak. When we are trying to diagnose epilepsy with an EEG machine, we use a white strobe and ask the patient to close their eyes to achieve a red or orange stimulus rather than white.
Intense red is the most effective stimulus.
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