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by NoMoreNicksLeft 751 days ago
Back in the mid-1990s, I remember a news fluff piece about a woman who claimed to have epileptic seizures in response to hearing Mary Hart's voice (some newstainment journalist/anchor, maybe Entertainment Tonight?). Doctor supposedly confirmed it via experiment (though, now I wonder if the man should've kept his license, seems unsafe).

Earworms are probably the same. Specific either to unique brains, or to particular brain neuro-templates.
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mtlynch 751 days ago
I thought you were confusing this with an episode of Seinfeld, when Kramer has seizures in response to Mary Hart's voice.[1]

But you're right. This was a real case that Seinfeld must have been referencing.[2]

The doctor, Venkat Ramani, is still active and is the Vice Chair of Neurology at New York Medical College. [3]

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Samaritan_(Seinfeld...

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20240324001523/https://www.nytim...

[3] https://www.nymc.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/by-name/ramani...

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NoMoreNicksLeft 748 days ago
I had stopped watching Seinfeld beyond the first season. Had no idea.

Shit, do I always sound like a fool because I am a fool, or just because everything I know has been turned into a sitcom joke that I never found out about?

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