Hans Berger
Hans Berger (21 May 1873 – 1 June 1941) was a German psychiatrist. He is best known as the inventor of electroencephalography (EEG) 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 of the alpha wave rhythm which is a type of brainwave.[1][2] Alpha waves have been eponymously referred to as the "Berger wave."[3]
This article is about the German psychiatrist. For other uses, see Hans Berger (disambiguation).
Hans Berger
21 May 1873
1 June 1941 (aged 68)
Electroencephalograms; discovery of the alpha wave rhythm
Baroness Ursula von Bülow
Hans-Berger-Preis[edit]
Hans-Berger-Preis is awarded triennially by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie (German Society of Clinical Neurophysiology) for long-standing, extensive academic work in theoretical or clinical neurophysiology.[25]