electroencephalograph

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Using a new test called the electroencephalograph, the study measured the electrical activity in the brain, and sought to deduce character from the squiggles.

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  1. noun An instrument that measures electrical potentials on the scalp and generates a record of the electrical activity of the brain. Also called encephalograph.

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  • The nature of the electroencephalograph, and of its traces, clearly showed to the transcendent science of the Medusa exactly what was lacking in the average mind which kept it from being a common mind. —  The Cosmic Rape
  • Nestled in a tranquil spot alongside a freeway and beneath the smokestacks of a coal-burning power plant, it registers less activity than George W. Bush's electroencephalograph. —  Colorado Springs Independent
  • Measuring the brain activity of kids from a variety of backgrounds using an electroencephalograph revealed that the prefrontal cortex activity in the children from poor families resembled that of a stroke victim ...
  • The concept is based on reading electrical activity in the brain using an electroencephalograph, or EEG '. —  New Mobilities: Ce-more about what's happening in the mobile world
  • Known as synthetic telepathy, the technology is based on reading electrical activity in the brain using an electroencephalograph, or EEG. —  New Mobilities: Ce-more about what's happening in the mobile world
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