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The result of wakeful EEG shows persistent activation of temporal lobes - high level of delta and theta waves in the left temporal lobe (3 on the scale from -3 to 3) and slightly lower in the right temporal lobe.
The sources that I found state that delta and theta waves are typically associated with the state of sleeping, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_wave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_wave

What are possible explanations of such activity when the subject is awake?

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    $\begingroup$ @user855286 I think there needs to be more context before this can be attempted to be answered. What is the recording condition? Why are you asking this question? Why is the scale "-3 to 3"? What does the rest of the spectrum look like? $\endgroup$
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    $\begingroup$ @user855286 The two answers at psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/20075/… might be of interest to you if you are wondering about where different frequency "waves" come from rather than plausible diagnoses. $\endgroup$
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According to this article, the localized increase in delta and theta waves is a known anomaly in EEG, is referred to as "focal slow activity" and it the case of a wakeful EEG of an adult it usually suggests an organic damage or disfunction of the affected area, but extra tests are required to narrow down the list of possibilities.

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000600020

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