Hans Berger was born in Neuses near Coburg, Thuringia, Germany. He is known as the first to record electroencephalograms from human subjects and is the discoverer of the rhythmic Alpha brain waves. Wikipedia
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The German psychiatrist Hans Berger was the first person to prove the existence of electric potentials (voltage fluctuations) in the human brain using an amplifying machine (an electroencephalograph). He recorded the first human Electroencephalogram (EEG chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/berger.html
Hans Berger: German neuropsychiatrist, born May 21, 1873, Neuses, near Coburg, Thuringia, died June 1, 1941, Jena. Associated with: Berger's wave (Hans Berger) www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/845.html