From reading dreams to helping locked-in patients — what the future of EEG could look like

The brainwave-reading technology of EEG helps monitor people with epilepsy and can detect when we're dozing off behind the wheel in a simulator. As scientists mark the 100th anniversary of EEG, here's why many in the field are excited about its future uses in medicine.

From reading dreams to helping locked-in patients — what the future of EEG could look like
Girl wears an EEG cap and pink glasses in a lab.

The brainwave-reading technology of EEG helps monitor people with epilepsy and can detect when we're dozing off behind the wheel in a simulator. As scientists mark the 100th anniversary of EEG, here's why many in the field are excited about its future uses in medicine.