brainwave

[ UK /bɹˈe‍ɪnwe‍ɪv/ ]
NOUN
  1. (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
  2. the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
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  • My local library had a brainwave eariler this year and aboloished its scifi/fantast section (that was a real treasure trove) merging all the genres back into 'general fiction', it was a bloody nightmare as rather than browsing sf/fantasy to find new and interesting books I just tended to find myself looking for books I already wanted to read. International Science Fiction Reshelving Day -- Good Idea or Bad Idea?
  • I swear his brainwave monitor only blipped twice the whole time I was there.
  • Brainwave entrainment • Brainwave synchronization, also called brainwave entrainment, is concerned with frequency following response, a naturally occuring phenomenon in which similar frequencies tend to synchronize with each other. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • But you're picking up a whole range of different frequencies of electrical activity and people will be familiar with brainwaves, the idea of brainwaves - electrical waves or pulses if you like - alpha waves, beta waves.
  • Apparently meditation practitioners were able to control their brainwaves better.
  • Does a fetus attain an alpha / beta / theta/delta brainwave state?
  • I've had a brainwave! Let's go this weekend instead.
  • What sent me there was a brainwave for a present, so I won't mention the front of the cards I'm buying, but what I have found interesting is the back.
  • Festival patrons can put on an EEG helmet, which will reproduce their brainwaves in light and sound.
  • Electromagnetic stimulation can therefore change a person's brainwaves and affect muscular activity, causing painful muscular cramps experienced as torture.
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