electroencephalography
nounEtymology From electro- + encephalo- + -graphy.
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Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences The measurement and recording of electrical activity in the brain for diagnostic purposes.
- Indeed, while many philosophers of language in the 20th century proposed that we think in sentence-like strings of language, use of brain imaging technology like electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocorticography (ECoG) has since revealed that thinking more probably happens in a complex combination of images and associations.2019 October 24, Oscar Schwartz, “Mind-reading tech? How private companies could gain access to our brains”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- stereoelectroencephalography
- Related terms
- electroencephalic, electroencephalogram, electroencephalograph, alpha wave, beta wave