electrocorticography

English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ corticography.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

electrocorticography (uncountable)

  1. A form of electroencephalography in which the electrodes are placed directly on the cerebral cortex.
    • 2019 October 24, Oscar Schwartz, “Mind-reading tech? How private companies could gain access to our brains”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Indeed, while many philosophers of language in the 20th century proposed that we think in sentence-like strings of language, use of brain imaging technology like electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocorticography (ECoG) has since revealed that thinking more probably happens in a complex combination of images and associations.

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