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Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Narrative Review
This review presents the current knowledge of the usage of critical flicker fusion frequency (CFF) in human and animal model studies. CFF has a wide application in different fields, especially as an indicator of cortical arousal and visual processing. In medicine, CFF may be helpful for diagnostic p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537539/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684133 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101096 |
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author | Mankowska, Natalia D. Marcinkowska, Anna B. Waskow, Monika Sharma, Rita I. Kot, Jacek Winklewski, Pawel J. |
author_facet | Mankowska, Natalia D. Marcinkowska, Anna B. Waskow, Monika Sharma, Rita I. Kot, Jacek Winklewski, Pawel J. |
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description | This review presents the current knowledge of the usage of critical flicker fusion frequency (CFF) in human and animal model studies. CFF has a wide application in different fields, especially as an indicator of cortical arousal and visual processing. In medicine, CFF may be helpful for diagnostic purposes, for example in epilepsy or minimal hepatic encephalopathy. Given the environmental studies and a limited number of other methods, it is applicable in diving and hyperbaric medicine. Current research also shows the relationship between CFF and other electrophysiological methods, such as electroencephalography. The human eye can detect flicker at 50–90 Hz but reports are showing the possibility to distinguish between steady and modulated light up to 500 Hz. Future research with the use of CFF is needed to better understand its utility and application. |
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spelling | pubmed-85375392021-10-24 Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Narrative Review Mankowska, Natalia D. Marcinkowska, Anna B. Waskow, Monika Sharma, Rita I. Kot, Jacek Winklewski, Pawel J. Medicina (Kaunas) Review This review presents the current knowledge of the usage of critical flicker fusion frequency (CFF) in human and animal model studies. CFF has a wide application in different fields, especially as an indicator of cortical arousal and visual processing. In medicine, CFF may be helpful for diagnostic purposes, for example in epilepsy or minimal hepatic encephalopathy. Given the environmental studies and a limited number of other methods, it is applicable in diving and hyperbaric medicine. Current research also shows the relationship between CFF and other electrophysiological methods, such as electroencephalography. The human eye can detect flicker at 50–90 Hz but reports are showing the possibility to distinguish between steady and modulated light up to 500 Hz. Future research with the use of CFF is needed to better understand its utility and application. MDPI 2021-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8537539/ /pubmed/34684133 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101096 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Mankowska, Natalia D. Marcinkowska, Anna B. Waskow, Monika Sharma, Rita I. Kot, Jacek Winklewski, Pawel J. Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Narrative Review |
title | Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Narrative Review |
title_full | Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Narrative Review |
title_fullStr | Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Narrative Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Narrative Review |
title_short | Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Narrative Review |
title_sort | critical flicker fusion frequency: a narrative review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537539/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684133 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101096 |
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