BETA RHYTHM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beta rhythm mean? 

• BETA RHYTHM (noun)
  The noun BETA RHYTHM has 1 sense:

1. the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert; occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz

  Familiarity information: BETA RHYTHM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETA RHYTHM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert; occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

beta rhythm; beta wave

Hypernyms ("beta rhythm" is a kind of...):

brain wave; brainwave; cortical potential ((neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph)

 Context examples 

Specifically, they found that the changes in the size of brain waves, called beta rhythms, correlated with the improvements the volunteers made during the rests.

(Brains may use short rest periods to strengthen memories, National Institutes of Health)