Max Hirshkowitz (max.hirshkowitz@gmail.com), Ph.D., D.A.B.S.M., is a professor in the Department of Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, and the director of Sleep Disorders and Research at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center.
Hans Berger published the first human electroencephalograph (EEG) recording in 1924 [1]. He used a device called the string galvanometer to record brain waves on a light-sensitive plate. The fluctuating potential difference from the scalp oscillated at eight to 13...
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