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Alpha Rhythm in the Blind

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THE principal objection to the theory1,2 that extra-ocular tremor generates alpha rhythm has been the indisputable fact that it is possible to record it in some patients who have had both eyes removed3.

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LIPPOLD, O., SHAW, J. Alpha Rhythm in the Blind. Nature 232, 134 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232134b0

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