Traditional EEG brain wave measurements have been done in laboratory settings. Today, far simpler wireless headsets and headbands are available to consumers. The practice of companies quietly selling ...

As people age, their brains do, too. But if a brain ages prematurely, there is potential for age-related diseases such as mild-cognitive impairment, dementia, or Parkinson’s disease. If “brain age” ...

There is a significant unmet need for effective brain monitoring across various healthcare settings — including emergency departments, intensive care units, outpatient clinics and home environments — ...

One hundred years after the human brain's electrical activity was first recorded, experts are celebrating the legacy of its discovery and sharing their predictions and priorities for its future. A ...

While electroencephalography (EEG) can provide a wealth of information on the electrical activity of an individual's brain, that person is required to wear a clumsy skull cap full of electrodes. Such ...

Jena, Germany, 1924: Working in near-isolation and with painstaking tediousness, the psychiatrist Hans Berger observes rhythmic electrical activity from the scalp of human subjects. He is convinced ...

Researchers have developed a 3D-printable electrode that looks like a single strand of human hair and measures brain activity more reliably than the current method used to diagnose things like ...

Erika Nyhus receives funding from National Institute of Health, and the National Institute of Mental Health. Electroencephalography, or EEG, was invented 100 years ago. In the years since the ...

Giridhar Kalamangalam does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

New research found that brain scans can detect consciousness in some patients with brain injury who are unresponsive. In the study, 241 participants with severe brain injury who do not respond when ...