After an anonymous edit to this article I wanted to check the true year of the discovery of the EEG. A Google search is inconclusive. It seems to favour 1875, but there are some seemingly authoritative claims of 1885 and 1887. Which is it? Can anyone offer a decent reference for a particular year (preferably the original paper)? —Rory ☺ 12:14, Sep 10, 2004 (UTC)

The history of EEG begins in 1875 when Richard Caton in Liverpool discovered the existence of electrical signals from the exposed brain of rabbits and monkeys. This discovery was done by employing the galvanometer invented seventeen years earlier by Lord Kelvin. REFERENCE: "Niederhauser’s Model for Epilepsy and Wavelet Methods, Page 2, section 2.1"

130.179.229.231 19:04, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

should this be merged with electroencephalography? - Omegatron 13:30, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)

Yes, absolutely. The correct article title is indeed electroencephalography, and this article (electroencephalogram) should redirect. —Rory ☺ 13:41, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)

Absolutely not! Even though P300 could be detected using electroencephalography signal but as a matter of the fact it's an Event-related potential response, therefore it would be better to be merged with Event-related potential than anything else.

--130.179.229.231 18:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I think the above comments refer to two different merger proposals; the first to this article with Electroencephalography, and the second to merge P300 with this article (now a redirect to Electroencephalography). P300 'could' be merged with ERP, but it's so well-developed on its own that it really should not be. I am going to be bold, remove the merger proposal, and start a small section in ERP which links to this article with a "Main article" line. --Beefnut 00:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC)Reply