How looking at pictures can make you feel itchy

... or cold, tired or dizzy. Don’t believe us? Try staring at these

JUST looking at pictures of striped objects such as zebras or deckchairs can trigger migraines and epileptic seizures in sensitive people, it was reported last week. Researchers at the University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands suggest that the sharp contrast between stripes causes overactivity in the brain that triggers the symptoms.

But this isn’t the only type of picture that can cause a physical reaction in the body — as these images show . . .