Monkeys Control Virtual Arms Using Just Their Brains
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers writing in Science Translational Medicine have shown that monkeys can control the movement of both arms of an avatar - using just their brain activity. To enable the monkeys to control the two virtual arms, researchers recorded nearly 500 neurons from multiple areas in both cerebral hemispheres of the animals' brains, the largest number of neurons recorded and reported to date. read more