Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Electroencefalograma
- Date
- 1924–1929 · confidence high
- Place
- Jena, Germany
- Credited to
- Hans Berger (University of Jena)
- People
- 👤 Hans Berger1873–1941
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Recording of the human brain's electrical activity through the scalp, with the description of alpha and beta waves. First functional window onto the living brain.
Richard Caton recorded signals in animal brains in 1875.
What it led to
- Diagnosis of epilepsy and study of sleep
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Brain-computer interfaces
Built on
Made possible
- Implanted brain-computer interface (BrainGate, Neuralink)2004-2024
- Polysomnography
- Brain-computer interface