What Does an Electroencephalograph Measure

question 147

Multiple Choice

What does an electroencephalograph measure?

• A) action potentials in an individual neuron
• B) the electrical resistance of the scalp
• C) the rate of glucose uptake in active regions of the brain
• D) the average of the electrical potentials of the cells in a given region of the brain

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