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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

BERGER, Johannes (“Hans”) (1873 – 1941)

1873 – 1941

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1929

#1446

Über das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen.

BERGER, Johannes (“Hans”) (1873 – 1941)

First recording of human brain activity, which Berger called electroencephalography. Berger actually recorded his first EEG in 1924, but did not publish the technique until 1929. He showed that the electrical activity…