alpha rhythm

alpha rhythm
a pattern of slow brain waves (alpha waves) in normal persons at rest with closed eyes, thought by some to be associated with an alert but daydreaming mind.
[1935-40; earlier alpha waves, trans. of G Alphawellen, term used by their discoverer, German physician Hans Berger (1873-1941)]

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