Electroencephalography, or EEG, was invented 100 years ago. In the years since the invention of this device to monitor the electricity in the brain, it has had an incredible impact on the way scientists study the human brain. Since its first use, the EEG has shaped researchers’ understanding of cognition, from perception to memory. It … Read more
Electroencephalography, or EEG, was invented 100 years ago. In the years since the invention of this device to monitor the electricity in the brain, it has had an incredible impact on the way scientists study the human brain. Since its first use, the EEG has shaped researchers’ understanding of cognition, from perception to memory. It … Read more
Jena, Germany, 1924: Working in near isolation and with meticulous boredom, the psychiatrist Hans Berger observes rhythmic electrical activity of the scalps of human subjects. He is convinced that the activity originates in the brain and introduces the term ‘electroencephalogram’. It took a decade for the scientific community to accept Berger’s work, which gave birth … Read more