Berger Develops the Electroencephalogram (EEG)
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Scientists, Inventors
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Germany
- Date: April 22, 1929
Article abstract: Berger devised a system of electrodes, the electroencephalogram, to measure brain wave patterns in humans, thereby heralding an entirely new era of neurophysiology.
Summary of Event
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the field of psychophysiology had fallen into disrepute among neurologists and psychiatrists. Two new approaches had become fashionable: the neoanatomical approach of Bernhard Friedrich A. Gudden, Theodor H. Meynert, Paul E. Flechsig, Auguste Henri Forel, and Constantin von Monakow; and the functional approach,...
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