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·April 30, 2019·3 min read

Don’t even think about it: why thought control is so difficult

Study offers new insights into the mechanisms behind thought control and suggests individual differences play a role in our ability to control our thoughts.

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·April 8, 2018·6 min read

Computer System Transcribes Words Users ‘Speak Silently’

Researchers have developed a new computer interface and headset system that can transcribe our internal voice.

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·March 3, 2016·3 min read

Monkeys Drive Wheelchairs Using Only Their Thoughts

Researchers have developed a BMI that allows primates to control a robotic wheelchair with their thoughts alone.

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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.

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·July 26, 2012·2 min read

Controlling Monkey Brains and Behavior With Light

Researchers can control the behavior of monkeys by using pulses of blue light to very specifically activate particular brain cells. The findings represent a key advance for optogenetics, a state-of-the-art method for making causal connections between brain activity and behavior. Researchers say that similar light-based mind control could likely also be made to work in humans for therapeutic ends.

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·July 19, 2012·6 min read

Scientists Read Monkeys’ Inner Thoughts

By decoding brain activity, scientists were able to 'see' that 2 monkeys were planning to approach the same reaching task differently - even before they moved a muscle.

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·May 16, 2012·7 min read

Paralyzed Individuals Use Thought Controlled Robotic Arm to Reach and Grasp

NIH-funded study shows progress in brain-computer interface technology. In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach...

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·April 9, 2011·2 min read

People Control Thoughts Better When They See Their Brain Activity

As humans face increasing distractions in their personal and professional lives, University of British Columbia researchers have discovered that people...

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·July 19, 2010·3 min read

Thought Control of Prosthetic Limbs Funded by DARPA

Thought control of prosthetic limbs via brain-controlled interfaces will be tested and developed with funding from DARPA. Human subjects will test neural interface systems used to control prosthetic limbs.