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EEG recordings showed the brainwaves of 228 people aged between 18 and 65 with depression.
EEG shows specific patterns of brain activity that can be used to train a machine-learning algorithm.
Half the participants were given sertraline, while the rest got a placebo.
Participants’ mood monitored over eight weeks using a depression rating scale.
Machine-learning algorithm was able to identify a specific pattern of brain activity linked with a treatment.
