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·February 16, 2016·5 min read

Mind Controlled Prosthetic Arm Moves Individual Fingers

Researchers report a patient has been able to use a mind-controlled prosthesis to move individual digits without extensive training.

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·December 7, 2015·3 min read

Chomsky Was Right, We Possess An Internal Grammar

Researchers find new support for Noam Chomsky’s decades-old theory that we possess an “internal grammar” that allows us to comprehend even nonsensical phrases.

This image shows brain activity recorded by electrocorticography (blue circles). From the activity patterns (blue/yellow), spoken words can be recognized.

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·June 15, 2015·3 min read

Reconstructing Spoken Sentences From Brain Activity Patterns

Researchers show it is possible to reconstruct complete sentences of continuous speech from brain waves and generate corresponding text.

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·February 8, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Describe Technology that Lets Spinal Cord Injured Man Control Robot Arm with Thoughts

Researchers describe how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions with just his thoughts. It also enabled him to move a robot arm to touch a friend’s hand for the first time in the seven years.