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• n  (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
• n  the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

• Toy maker Uncle Milton has introduced Force Trainer, a game that uses NeuroSky's brainwave-controlled gaming technology.
• The 18th century Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelsohn noted that were it not for Augustine's "lovely brainwave, we would have been exterminated long ago.
• The "brainwave machine" (electroencephalograph, to doctors) is now used mainly after people get seriously ill and doctors have to find out what's wrong.

• brain wave
• cortical potential
• insight
• brainstorm

News & Articles

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• Melon: Headband and Mobile App to Track your Focus 24 Hours Left on Kickstarter
  Melon is a stylish headband and mobile app duo that wirelessly tracks brainwave activity and helps users improve their focus in relation to their activity, environment, and mood. (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10817695.htm
  June 12, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Hilary Swank in San Francisco Chronicle
  Swank says, "This is my Aloe C, which I dissolve in water. Here's my flax. This one's for my immune system, and this one is my BrainWave -- it's great, like if I have a lot of lines to memorize. I just took my most important ones, which are my Oz...
• Karan Johar in Thaindian.com
  The adaptation of 'Stepmom' is ready for release in October, but we haven't titled it yet. We are hoping we have a brainwave of a title soon,said Karan.
• Victoria Wood in guardian.co.uk
  I wanted to write a musical and it was like a brainwave when I thought 'Why not make it about Acorn Antiques?'said Wood, speaking at a press conference at the Theatre Royal in London yesterday. "It was a way of writing a musical. I didn't...