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People can be taught to control voluntarily their own alpha rhythms. This can be used to send messages in Morse code when an electroencephalogram pattern is used as part of a computer programme. Such procedures may help to explain the mechanisms by which the alpha rhythm is “blocked” or “unblocked”.
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DEWAN, E. Occipital Alpha Rhythm Eye Position and Lens Accommodation. Nature 214, 975–977 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214975a0
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