Your textbook describes an EEG recording as analogous to "listening to a game while standing outside a sports stadium." Explain this analogy

What will be an ideal response?


A good answer will include the following key points:
• Each electrode reports the activity of many neurons.
• There is a lot of background noise.
• It is not very precise.
• Similarly, when standing outside a sports stadium, you know when something is happening, but you cannot be sure what it is or who is doing it.

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