Uh-oh! Wearing your go-to striped top could be bad for your health
We all have a million and one striped breton tops hanging up in our wardrobes.
It's seriously to the point where our washing line sometimes looks like the laundry of a Where's Wally reject.
But unfortunately, our go-to look might actually be bad for our health.
According to researchers at University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMC) in the Netherlands, there could be a potential link between looking at stripes and getting headaches.
Looking at static parallel lines could increase brain activity in some people, which sounds like it should be a good thing.
But actually, the activity can lead to severe migraines, and in some cases even seizures and epilepsy.
‘Our findings imply that in designing buildings, it may be important to avoid the types of visual patterns that can activate this circuit and cause discomfort, migraines, or seizures,’ said Dr Dora Hermes, head of the research.
This discovery will be majorly inconvenient for future work outfits…
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