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Annual CNT Lecture on EEG and CNT Early Career Award presentation

06 July 2023, 4:00 pm–5:00 pm

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Brain Machine Interfaces: From Basic Science to Neuroprostheses and Neurological Recover

Event Information

Open to

All

Cost

£0.00

Organiser

Centre for Neuroimaging Techniques

Location

4th floor seminar room
12 Queen Square
Queen Square
London
WC1N 3AR
United Kingdom

            Speaker:           Miguel Nicolelis, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

Abstract:

In this talk, I will describe how state-of-the-art research on brain-machine interfaces makes it possible for the brains of primates to interact directly and in a bi-directional way with mechanical, computational and virtual devices without any interference of the body muscles or sensory organs. I will review a series of recent experiments using real-time computational models to investigate how ensembles of neurons encode motor information. These experiments have revealed that brain-machine interfaces can be used not only to study fundamental aspects of neural ensemble physiology, but they can also serve as an experimental paradigm aimed at testing the design of novel neuroprosthetic devices. I will also describe evidence indicating that continuous operation of a closed-loop brain machine interface, which utilizes a robotic arm as its main actuator, can induce significant changes in the physiological properties of neural circuits in multiple motor and sensory cortical areas. This research raises the hypothesis that the properties of a robot arm, or other neurally controlled tools, can be assimilated by brain representations as if they were extensions of the subject's own body.

About the Speaker

Miguel Nicolelis

at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.