Hans Berger (1873-1941) was a German psychiatrist best known for inventing electroencephalography (EEG) in 1924, a technique for recording and measuring the brain's electrical activity, commonly called brainwaves. He is also credited with discovering the alpha wave rhythm, a brainwave pattern sometimes called the Berger wave. His work gave researchers the first non-invasive method of studying brain electrical activity, though it faced skepticism from the German scientific establishment before British researchers confirmed his observations in 1934.
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Psychiatrist who recorded the first human electroencephalogram in 1924.
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Hans Berger born 21 May 1873
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He is best known as the inventor of electroencephalography (EEG) in 1924, which is a method used for recording the electrical activity of the brain, commonly described in terms of brainwaves, and as the discoverer of the alpha wave rhythm which is a type of brainwave.
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