Implants Read Intentions of Tetraplegic Patient from Brain Activity (6 of 6) (IMAGE)

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Implants Read Intentions of Tetraplegic Patient from Brain Activity (6 of 6)

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Caltech-USC-RLA: (L to R): The clinical study is a collaboration of Caltech, Keck Medicine of USC, and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. The goal is to advance neuroprosthetics to enable paralyzed patients to perform practical tasks and regain some of their independence. Seated: Dr. Mindy Aisen, chief medical officer at Rancho Los Amigos and patient Erik Sorto. Standing: Dr. Richard Andersen, the James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience at Caltech, and Dr. Charles Y. Liu, professor of neurological surgery, neurology, and biomedical engineering at USC. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 22, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Tyson Aflalo at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "Decoding motor imagery from the posterior parietal cortex of a tetraplegic human."

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[Credit: Lance Hayashida, Caltech]

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