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Electric Brain
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Electric Brain

How the New Science of Brainwaves Reads Minds, Tells Us How We Learn, and Helps Us Change for the Better

BenBella, 2020 подробнее...


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9

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Are brainwaves how the brain thinks, or an artifact of thinking? Neuroscientist R. Douglas Fields investigates this question and illuminates the history of brainwave discovery. He explores whether changing brainwave patterns can change the brain, and the potential applications and dangers when brainwaves are harnessed by technology.

Take-Aways

  • Hans Berger devised the first electroencephalogram (EEG) to record brainwaves in 1924, and showed how changes in state or attention affected them.
  • Electric shock therapy proved that physical intervention can treat some mental illnesses.
  • In neurofeedback, electrodes connect a subject to an EEG to “train” brainwaves.

About the Author

Internationally recognized neuroscientist R. Douglas Fields, PhD, is an expert on nervous system development and plasticity at the National Institutes of Health.


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