Neuroscience & Mental Health · Recorded milestone
Electroencephalogram
Recorded year1924
Hans Berger records the brain's electrical rhythms from the scalp.
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Led to
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- Brain-scan evidence debatesRecorded · 2008enables
- Thought-controlled sportsRecorded · 2016enables
- Home brain-stimulation headsetRecorded · 2017enables
- Instruments played by thoughtRecorded · 2017enables
- Brain-sensing earbudsRecorded · 2024enables
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- Guided dreamingForecast · ~2032enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.