NIH R01 · 2025
Improved Brain-Computer Interface Decoding for Activities of Daily Life
ABSTRACT The development of brain-controlled prosthetic arms promises to provide independence to people with paralysis. To date, however, Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) have not conferred on users the ability to use the prosthesis to carry out activities of daily living (ADLs) with adequate reliability and flexibility. This inability can be traced back to at least three shortcomings. First, while we naturally closely coordinate arm and hand movements, current BCI users reach and grasp sequentially, in large part due to the way BCI decoders are built. Second, existing decoders use the component of the neuronal activity that has a direct and immediate relationship with motor output to infer…
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