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Bibliography / Show Notes

1. Amaya, I. A., Behrens, F., et al. “Effect of Frequency and Rhythmicity on Flicker Light-Induced Visual Hallucinations.” PLOS ONE, 2023.
   Key use: frequency, rhythmicity, 10 Hz flicker, Klüver forms.
2. Shenyan, O., Lisi, M., Greenwood, J. A., Skipper, J. I., & Dekker, T. M. “Visual Hallucinations Induced by Ganzflicker and Ganzfeld Differ in Frequency, Complexity, and Content.” Scientific Reports, 2024.
   Key use: Ganzfeld vs. Ganzflicker.
3. Bressloff, P. C., Cowan, J. D., Golubitsky, M., Thomas, P. J., & Wiener, M. C. “Geometric Visual Hallucinations, Euclidean Symmetry and the Functional Architecture of Striate Cortex.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2001.
   Key use: form constants, tunnels, spirals, lattices, honeycombs, visual cortex modeling.
4. Bressloff, P. C. “What Geometric Visual Hallucinations Tell Us About the Visual Cortex.” Neural Computation, 2002.
   Key use: Klüver form constants and visual cortex explanation.
5. Mauro, F., et al. “A Bidirectional Link Between Brain Oscillations and Geometric Patterns.” Journal of Neuroscience, 2015.
   Key use: brain oscillations and geometric visual patterns.
6. Hewitt, T., et al. “Stroboscopically Induced Visual Hallucinations.” Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2025.
   Key use: history and science of stroboscopic hallucinations.
7. Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. “Hallucinations from Flickering Lights: What Happens in Our Brain?” 2024.
   Key use: standing waves / visual cortex explanation.
8. Purkinje, J. E. Early 19th-century writings on subjective visual phenomena and flicker effects.
   Key use: historical scientific observation of flicker-induced visual effects.
9. Klüver, H. Mescal and Mechanisms of Hallucinations. University of Chicago Press, 1966.
   Key use: form constants: tunnels, spirals, lattices, cobwebs.
10. Epilepsy Foundation / clinical photosensitivity guidance.
    Key use: photosensitive epilepsy safety warning; flashing lights and visual patterns can trigger seizures in susceptible people.
11. “Visually-Provoked Seizures: Consensus of the Epilepsy Foundation of America Working Group.” Epilepsia.
    Key use: safety, photosensitive seizure risk.
12. Ofcom / broadcast photosensitive epilepsy standards and strobe-light safety cases.
    Key use: real-world risk from rapid flashing light in media environments.

Extra useful context sources

1. Gysin, B., and Sommerville, I. Dreamachine-related writings and documentation.
   Key use: 20th-century flicker device, art, counterculture, visionary technology.
2. Huxley, A. The Doors of Perception.
   Key use: altered perception context, though not specifically flicker science.
3. Lewis-Williams, D. The Mind in the Cave.
   Key use: cave art, altered states, entoptic imagery, vi