FeaturedNeuroscience·July 20, 2021·4 min readBleak Cyborg Future From Brain-Computer Interfaces if We’re Not CarefulA new study warns of potential social, ethical, and legal consequences of brain-machine interfaces and other technologies that interact with the human brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·July 15, 2021·7 min read“Neuroprosthesis” Restores Words to Man with ParalysisA newly developed speech neuroprosthesis has restored a voice to a severely paralyzed man. The technology translates signals from the brain to the vocal tracts, generating words on a screen.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 23, 2021·5 min readThoughts Bring Prostheses to LifeUsing virtual reality technology, researchers found the faulty alignment of prosthetics resulted in a measurable loss in performance for users.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·December 23, 2020·5 min readEven After Long-Term Exposure, Bionic Touch Does Not Remap the BrainAfter a year of using a bionic arm, patients report subjective sensations did not shift to match the location of the touch sensor on their prosthetic device.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·December 12, 2020·2 min readBrain Implants Enable Man to Simultaneously Control Two Prosthetic Limbs with ‘Thoughts’A newly developed simultaneous brain-machine interface allowed a quadriplegic man to control two prosthetic arms with the power of his mind.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 7, 2020·5 min readGrasping an Object: Model Describes Complete Movement Planning in the BrainResearchers have developed a new model that represents the planning of movement from seeing an object to grasping it.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 26, 2020·4 min readStudy of Reaching and Grasping With Hand or Foot Reveals Novel Brain InsightsThe brain processes motor commands, not just through fine muscle contractions, but also via higher-level motor areas that provide a blueprint for performing more complex motor functions, such as grasping, no matter if the toes or fingers are used.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 7, 2020·7 min readFirst ‘Plug and Play’ Brain Prosthesis Demoed in Paralyzed PersonCombining machine learning with neuroprosthetic technology allowed a patient with paralysis to learn to control a computer cursor by utilizing brain activity without extensive daily retraining.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 4, 2020·3 min readHow Thoughts Could One Day Control Electronic Prostheses, WirelesslyA new wireless intracortical brain-computer interface neuroprosthesis is capable of gathering and transmitting accurate neural signals, using a tenth of the power required by current wire-enabled systems.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 27, 2020·5 min readUltra-Low Power Brain Implants Find Meaningful Signal in Grey Matter NoiseResearchers reduced the power requirements of neural interfaces while improving their accuracy by tuning into a subset of brain waves.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 21, 2020·4 min readSpinal Stimulators Repurposed to Restore Touch in Lost LimbSpinal cord stimulation restores the sense of feeling of limbs lost to amputation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·May 14, 2020·3 min readDynamic stimulation of the visual cortex allows blind and sighted people to ‘see’ shapesA visual cortical prosthesis can restore sight by bypassing damage to the eyes and delivering visual information retrieved from a camera directly to the brain.Read More
