Are brain waves electromagnetic waves (EMR)?

by on 05. Sep, 2010 in Electronic Medical Records

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3 Responses to “Are brain waves electromagnetic waves (EMR)?”

  1. Scott S 05. Sep, 2010 at 12:49 pm #

    http://cellphonesafety. wordpress. com/category/brain/brain-waves/

    Does this help?

  2. Bob D 05. Sep, 2010 at 1:42 pm #

    Yes, they are a grouping of waves that are considered Ultra-low frequency, below about 50 Hz. Though I have seen articles that talk about detecting brain waves as high as around 70 GHz (70,000 MHz).

    See: How Brain-computer Interface Works
    http://computer. howstuffworks. com/brain-computer-interface. htm/printable

    Brain scanners can tell what you’re thinking about
    http://www. newscientist. com/article/mg20427323. 500-brain-scanners-can-tell-what-youre-thinking-about. html

    Brainwaves
    http://www. causeof. org/brainwaves. htm

  3. Cody 05. Sep, 2010 at 1:53 pm #

    No brain waves are not electromagnetic waves. . . this would mean they are light. I think it is misleading that we call them waves at all. Brain waves as measured by electroencephalograms are the electrical fluctuations of the brain recorded over time. They are not waves in the terms of traveling waves in physics. They are electric impulses which create an electric and magnetic field around the brain.

    http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Electroencephalography#Wave_patterns

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