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  • noun An electroencephalogram.
  • noun An electroencephalograph.

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  • initialism electroencephalogram
  • initialism electroencephalograph

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  • noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph

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  • Video EEG is performed in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) to aid the diagnosis of seizures and record brain activity in patients with know epilepsy to guide treatment.

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  • In addition, specific brain EEG changes that occur after sleep deprivation were returned to the non-sleep-deprived state in the CX717 group, but not in the control group.

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  • One of the particular drawbacks to the use of the EEG is that nearby electrodes record approximately the same EEG activity, so the gain from employing multiple measurements is limited.

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  • 4 This refers to the EEG correlation experiment published in Science in 1965, as discussed later.

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  • 4 This refers to the EEG correlation experiment published in Science in 1965, as discussed later.

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  • 4 This refers to the EEG correlation experiment published in Science in 1965, as discussed later.

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  • Exactly what you said, researchers at the University of Wisconsin took two relatively well known and easily defined technologies, Twitter and what is known as EEG - electroencephalogram.

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  • The most prominent technique among the emerging neurotechnologies is known as EEG feedback, or neurofeedback.

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  • He probably got an EEG, which is monitoring the electrical activity of his brain.

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  • If I wanted to get more information, I would like to know the status of his EEG, for example, that's EEG, which is measuring the electrical activity in his brain.

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