EEG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does EEG mean? 

• EEG (noun)
  The noun EEG has 1 sense:

1. a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph

  Familiarity information: EEG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EEG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

EEG; electroencephalogram; encephalogram

Hypernyms ("EEG" is a kind of...):

graph; graphical record; graphical recording (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)

 Context examples 

The researchers measured the brain activity of the young adults by using fMRI or electroencephalography (EEG) while they performed working memory tasks.

(Recalling temporary memories, NIH)

An EEG may be used to diagnose brain and sleep disorders.

(EEG, NCI Dictionary)

The research used a method called dual electroencephalograhy (EEG) to look at brain signals in both mums and babies while they were interacting with each other.

(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)

Brain activity was recorded with EEG (electroencephalography) electrodes placed on the scalp, while movement sensors on the infants' torsos provided a linked record of when they were hiccupping.

(Baby Hiccups Key to Brain Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The resulting traces are known as an electroencephalogram (EEG).

(Electroencephalography, NCI Thesaurus)

EEG biofeedback may help cancer patients deal with the stress and mental side effects of chemotherapy.

(EEG biofeedback, NCI Dictionary)

Since spindles can be detected noninvasively with EEG, a test that measures brain waves, the authors suggest that these findings may also be useful for diagnosing temporal lobe epilepsy.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

The researchers used electroencephalography (EEG) to record the brain activity of participants as they watched videos of stories told in American Sign Language (ASL).

(The Rhythms of Sign Language, NSF)

Also called EEG.

(Electroencephalogram, NCI Dictionary)

A research team led by Dr Lorna Halliday, now at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, used an electroencephalogram (EEG) technique to measure the brain responses of 46 children who had been diagnosed with permanent mild-to-moderate hearing loss while they were listening to sounds.

(Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound, University of Cambridge)