When the Sun Prickles Your Nose: An EEG Study Identifying Neural Bases of Photic Sneezing

Nicolas Langer; Gian Beeli; Lutz Jäncke

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009208

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When the Sun Prickles Your Nose: An EEG Study Identifying Neural Bases of Photic Sneezing

Nicolas Langer ,

* E-mail: n.langer@psychologie.uzh.ch

Affiliation Psychological Institute, Division of Neuropsychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Gian Beeli,

Affiliation Psychological Institute, Division of Neuropsychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lutz Jäncke

Affiliation Psychological Institute, Division of Neuropsychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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When the Sun Prickles Your Nose: An EEG Study Identifying Neural Bases of Photic Sneezing

Nicolas Langer,
Gian Beeli,
Lutz Jäncke

Published: February 15, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009208

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Developmental invasion?

Posted by Impon_de_Rable on 12 Oct 2011 at 00:50 GMT

Do you think it is reasonable to assume that photonic sneezing is due to some form of developmental invasion? Could optic nerve connections, because of their importance in the system or high number, invade sensory regions?
There seems to be such trend in development as the size of a brain region grows through evolution: bigger regions develop new connections by developmental invasion. Maybe a similar process happens with connections from the retina... Do you think it could explain (along with higher reactivity) photonic sneezing?

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