Sci Transl Med November 2013 PMID 24197735

A brain-machine interface enables bimanual arm movements in monkeys.

Peter J Ifft, Solaiman Shokur, Zheng Li, Mikhail A Lebedev, Miguel A L Nicolelis

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This study developed a brain-machine interface (BMI) that allows monkeys to control two arms simultaneously, addressing the challenge of bimanual movement control.
The BMI used neural signals from multiple brain areas and a special decoding algorithm (UKF) trained through active and passive tasks, which improved as the monkeys learned, showing brain plasticity.
The results suggest that cortical networks can adapt to controlling two limbs via BMI, offering insights for creating more advanced BMIs for human bimanual motor functions.]

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Brain-Machine Interface Enables Bimanual Arm Control in Monkeys

Monkey mind Two monkeys learned to move avatar arms toward shifting targets see animation simply by putting their minds to it. This study developed a BMI that allows monkeys to control two arms simultaneously, providing…

Stefano Di Criscio · Nov 7, 2013 948 views

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