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nialv7@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI heard it’s also possible that the radiation hit your retina and make your neurons go off? Maybe even your vision cortex?
Comment on These gender reveals are getting rather ridiculous..
nialv7@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI heard it’s also possible that the radiation hit your retina and make your neurons go off? Maybe even your vision cortex?
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Again, it’s not easy or ethical to test, but any charged particle interaction with a nerve for instance will possibly trigger an action potential, inducing the “light” that is witnessed. However, this is unlikely given that the optic nerves are pretty well protected.
What is more likely to occur is that a sufficient amount of gamma rays or x-rays ionizing the nerve or nerve sheathe itself and those unstable particle decay into something that releases a charged particle triggering the nerve signal.