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Why does strobe lighting trigger seizures in photosensitive epilepsy?

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Pulsating visual stimuli can cause steady state visually evoked potentials, that is, brain oscillations with a frequency matching the visual stimulation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steady_state_visually_evoked_potential. I would guess that these evoked oscillations are the cause for the seizure. –  H.Muster Sep 16 '13 at 6:02
@H.Muster: I think you are right. I think that epilepsy can be described as strong coupling of oscillations across large portions of the brain, and these may be triggered by oscillatory stimuli. –  Ana Sep 16 '13 at 10:11
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