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Hans Berger

Hans Berger

German psychiatrist
Hans Berger was a German psychiatrist. He is best known as the inventor of electroencephalography in 1924, which is a method used for recording the electrical activity of the brain, commonly described in terms of brainwaves, and as the discoverer... Wikipedia
Born: May 21, 1873, Coburg, Germany
Died: June 1, 1941 (age 68 years), Jena, Germany
Known for: Electroencephalograms; discovery of the alpha wave rhythm
Nationality: German