[The French Society of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology is 40 years old]

The historical reminder of the foundation of the French EEG Society and the changes which have occurred during its operation show the worry of the Society for a better efficiency all along this last fourty years. A general survey of the scientific activities disclose the contribution of the society in the papers first published in the Revue Neurologique, and, after 1971, in the Revue d'EEG et de Neurophysiologie clinique de Langue française. The French participation in other clinical neurophysiological or scientific meetings in France and abroad is underlined by the important role it has played in the life of the International Federation for EEG Societies. Training of specialized doctors and technicians in the domain of the functional exploration of the nervous system has been a standing preoccupation of the Society, with the teaching of the so-called "Attestation d'EEG" in French universities and the training of technical personnel in specialized schools.