EEG Alpha Rhythm and Eyelid Flutter

Abstract

A single case of one-to-one correspondence between eyelid flutter and EEG alpha rhythm is repotted. It arose during a battery of experiments into possible personality correlates of eyelid conditioning, EEG evoked potential and skin potential habituation, involving over 400 subjects. The reported phenomenon lasted for one burst of 24 sec. and another of 6 sec. during 40 min. of recording on one subject. The observation is considered in the light of reported cases of links between EEG alpha and epileptic seizure and also between EEG alpha, Parkinsonism, and finger tremor. A time-keeping role for EEG alpha in the brain is postulated.