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THE source of the alpha rhythm of the EEG was originally attributed to activity within the central nervous system, and, in particular, suppression of the rhythm to processes of vision1,2, attention3, or cognition4,5. But failure to relate the waveform measured at the scalp to the behaviour of cortical neurones has recently provoked discussion of an alternative generator6,7. Lippold has proposed that the alpha rhythm represents a modulation of the corneo-retinal potential caused by ocular tremor8,9. In order to test this hypothesis we have investigated the correlation between ocular tremor and alpha activity, as suggested by Good10.
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BUTLER, S., GLASS, A. Alpha Rhythm and Fine Eye and Eyelid Movement. Nature 228, 1110–1112 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2281110a0
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