Hans Berger Quotes

Hans Berger was born in Coburg, Germany. He was a German psychiatrist, best known as the inventor of electroencephalography in 1924, coining the name, and the discoverer of the alpha wave rhythm known as "Berger's wave". After obtaining his MD degree from the University of Jena in 1897, he joined the staff of Otto Ludwig Binswanger who held the Chair in psychiatry and neurology at the Jena clinic. He qualified as a senior university lecturer in 1906 and physician-in-chief in 1912. He also collaborated with two famous scientists and physicians, Oskar Vogt and Korbinian Brodmann, in their research on lateralization of brain function. He was elected Rector of Jena University in 1927.