Jena, Germany, 1924: Working in near-isolation and with painstaking tediousness, the psychiatrist Hans Berger observes rhythmic electrical activity from the scalp of human subjects. He is convinced ...

Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a method used to measure and visualize spontaneous electrical activity within the brain. Electrical impulses are the main form of signaling found within the brain; ...

People with dementia have distinct brain wave patterns. Researchers are investigating how EEG tests could identify people in the earliest stages of the disease when treatments are mostly likely to ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When patients undergo general anesthesia, their brain activity often slows down as they sink into unconsciousness. Higher doses of anesthetic drugs can induce an even deeper state of ...

Dementia, including Alzheimer’s (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), often causes overlapping symptoms, making diagnosis challenging. Traditional imaging is costly and slow, while EEG offers a ...

The century-old EEG, during which a dozen or more electrodes are stuck to the scalp to monitor brain activity, is often used to detect epilepsy. Its results are interpreted by neurologists and other ...

As dementia becomes more widespread, Mayo Clinic researchers believe that artificial intelligence is the key to enabling earlier and faster diagnoses. By pairing AI and EEG (electroencephalogram) ...

This is the second of a two-part series on Hans Berger's discovery of EEG, and how it revolutionized psychological science. The first piece, on the historical context, can be found here. When EEG ...

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