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Electroencephalography (EEG) or brain imaging has come a long way since its inception more than 100 years ago. English physician Richard Caton discovered the existence of electrical currents in 1875 and later in the 1920s, Hans Berger was the first who recorded brain activity and coined the word electroencephalogram to describe brain electric potentials in humans. Four types of brainwaves are recorded according to frequencies alpha, beta, theta and delta. EEG is used primarily in studying the pr…