How to Use electroencephalogram in a Sentence

electroencephalogram

noun
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  • An electroencephalogram of his brain showed no seizures.
    — Julia Michie Bruckner, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • The seizures warranted the doctors to perform an electroencephalogram (EEG) on the brain.
    — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2022
  • But there's a catch: as a player becomes more stressed (as measured by an electroencephalogram), their mindlight dims.
    — Athena Aktipis, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The electroencephalogram electrodes were removed from her head.
    — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 5 May 2022
  • A lot of those studies were using a scalp EEG [electroencephalogram], and that led to a lot of contradictory findings.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 20 Sep. 2021
  • And even the best electroencephalogram (EEG) technology still can resolve only down to the level of hundreds of neurons.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2012
  • The brain activity of both groups was tracked by electroencephalogram equipment, and the results were surprising.
    — Essence, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The idea is to use its earbuds to capture an electroencephalogram, a standard tool for assessing brain activity.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 14 Apr. 2022
  • To evaluate how well these mature brain organoids modeled human brains, the researchers then compared the organoids’ brain waves to electroencephalograms (EEGs, brain scans) of premature babies.
    — Thiago Arzua, Smithsonian, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The team was performing a test that detects electrical activity in the brain, called an electroencephalogram (EEG), to learn more about what was happening during his seizures.
    — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
  • In Dallas, Anissa underwent tests including an electroencephalogram and was told to return in six months.
    — Laurie McGinley, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2020
  • Devices such as an electroencephalogram (EEG) — a net of electrodes placed on the scalp — can detect these fluctuations and graph them as sinuous lines similar to those drawn by a seismograph.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 Mar. 2016
  • Brain waves were first discovered using electroencephalogram (EEG) techniques, which involve placing electrodes on the scalp.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 28 June 2018
  • Then, they were shown a picture of their ex-partner while an electroencephalogram (EEG) machine recorded electrical activity in their brains.
    — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Grassi's brainwaves, the scientists hooked him up to an electroencephalogram (EEG) helmet that uses electrodes to take measurements.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2020
  • For decades scientists have taped electrodes onto people’s scalps to record their brain activity and create a readout called an electroencephalogram, or EEG.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2019
  • Doctors perform an ultrasound and electroencephalogram (EEG) to measure his brain wave patterns.
    — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2019
  • Eye-opening jolts The researchers used a common, relatively easy-to-use test to assess brain activity: an electroencephalogram.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 June 2019
  • These electrical flurries, which can be observed as sharp spikes on an electroencephalogram (EEG), tend to happen in early sleep stages when brain activity is otherwise low.
    — Rebecca Sohn, Scientific American, 27 July 2022
  • Just over a third of the participants additionally agreed to wear a portable electroencephalogram (EEG) and complete about 15 minutes of tasks before and after the attraction, so researchers could measure changes in their brain waves.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Both the baby and their caregivers were connected to an electroencephalogram (EEG) in order to measure brain activity when the baby initiated or received a direct gaze from their caregiver.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
  • These differences were first noticed in the 1960s, when scientists recorded monkey sleep phases using electroencephalogram (EEG) machines.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2019
  • In a carpeted exam room, a technician stretched a blue cap over my head and attached 19 electrodes capable of recording an electroencephalogram (EEG), essentially a map of brain activity.
    — Peter Andrey Smith, Bloomberg.com, 18 May 2017
  • Another consumer product senses the slow brain waves characteristic of deep sleep via electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes built into a headset.
    — Christof Koch, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Texas doesn’t have an age limit for getting a boxing license, but applicants older than 36 must pass tests that include an electroencephalogram and an electrocardiogram before the state will consider granting a license.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Brainwaves in concert: the 20th century sonification of the electroencephalogram.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2016
  • For starters, brain activity can be monitored using an electroencephalogram (EEG), which traditionally is hooked up to a data recorder using cables.
    — Darren Incorvaia, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2022
  • An electroencephalogram, or EEG, confirmed the diagnosis by finding abnormal brain waves arising from Melissa’s left temporal lobe.
    — Eliezer J Sternberg, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2019
  • External, non-invasive technologies like electroencephalograms (EEGs) or functional magnetic resonance imaging tend not to have the kinds of resolution—across the brain and over time—to do things like control a computer.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 17 July 2019
  • The amount of money being poured into electroencephalogram technology and other brainwave science is up in the last few years, especially in the state of California where entrepreneurs have poured a few hundred million dollars into startups.
    — Zoltan Istvan, Quartz, 1 July 2019

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