One hundred years of EEG for brain and behaviour research

Mushtaq, Faisal; Welke, Dominik; Gallagher, Anne; Pavlov, Yuri G.; Kouara, Layla; Bosch-Bayard, Jorge; van den Bosch, Jasper J. F.; Arvaneh, Mahnaz; Bland, Amy R.; Chaumon, Maximilien; Borck, Cornelius; He, Xun; Luck, Steven J.; Machizawa, Maro G.; Pernet, Cyril; Puce, Aina; Segalowitz, Sidney J.; Rogers, Christine; Awais, Muhammad; Babiloni, Claudio; Bailey, Neil W.; Baillet, Sylvain; Bendall, Robert C. A.; Brady, Daniel; Bringas-Vega, Maria L.; Busch, Niko A.; Calzada-Reyes, Ana; Chatard, Armand; Clayson, Peter E.; Cohen, Michael X.; Cole, Jonathan; Constant, Martin; Corneyllie, Alexandra; Coyle, Damien; Cruse, Damian; Delis, Ioannis; Delorme, Arnaud; Fair, Damien; Falk, Tiago H.; Gamer, Matthias; Ganis, Giorgio; Gloy, Kilian; Gregory, Samantha; Hassall, Cameron D.; Hiley, Katherine E.; Ivry, Richard B.; Jerbi, Karim; Jenkins, Michael; Kaiser, Jakob; Keil, Andreas; Knight, Robert T.; Kochen, Silvia; Kotchoubey, Boris; Krigolson, Olave E.; Langer, Nicolas; Liesefeld, Heinrich R.; Lippe, Sarah; London, Raquel E.; MacNamara, Annmarie; Makeig, Scott; Marinovic, Welber; Martinez-Montes, Eduardo; Marzuki, Aleya A.; Mathew, Ryan K.; Michel, Christoph; Millan, Jose D. R.; Mon-Williams, Mark; Morales-Chacon, Lilia; Naar, Richard; Nilsonne, Gustav; Niso, Guiomar; Nyhus, Erika; Oostenveld, Robert; Paul, Katharina; Paulus, Walter; Pfabigan, Daniela M.; Pourtois, Gilles; Rampp, Stefan; Rausch, Manuel; Robbins, Kay; Rossini, Paolo M.; Ruzzoli, Manuela; Schmidt, Barbara; Senderecka, Magdalena; Srinivasan, Narayanan; Stegmann, Yannik; Thompson, Paul M.; Valdes-Sosa, Mitchell; van der Molen, Melle J. W.; Veniero, Domenica; Verona, Edelyn; Voytek, Bradley; Yao, Dezhong; Evans, Alan C.; Valdes-Sosa, Pedro

Zusammenfassung

On the centenary of the first human EEG recording, more than 500 experts reflect on the impact that this discovery has had on our understanding of the brain and behaviour. We document their priorities and call for collective action focusing on validity, democratization and responsibility to realize the potential of EEG in science and society over the next 100 years. On 6 July 1924, psychiatrist Hans Berger found himself in an operating room in Jena, Germany, with the neurosurgeon Nikolai Guleke. Here, Berger made the first recording of spontaneous electrical activity from a human brain, which would lead to the development of modern electroencephalography (EEG) (Fig. 1, Box 1). One hundred years later, we surveyed over 500 experts from over 50 countries and asked them to reflect on the role EEG has played in our understanding of brain function and dysfunction, and where the community should prioritize efforts to maximize the future impact of EEG. We also prompted them to speculate on the evolving role of EEG in neuroscience and society for the next 100 years. Our Comment draws upon these responses and ends with a call to action that pushes for collective action to realize the full potential of EEG.