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 E-Mail IMAGE: A participant in the BrainGate clinical trial uses wireless transmitters that replace the cables normally used to transmit signals from sensors inside the brain. view more  Credit: Braingate.ord PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University and Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center] -- Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are an emerging assistive technology, enabling people with paralysis to type on computer screens or manipulate robotic prostheses just by thinking about moving their own bodies. For years, investigational BCIs used in clinical trials have required cables to co...

A brain-computer interface study reveals one brain region's surprising role in planning movements exclusively in response to sounds. ...

As the brain plans movements, the middle frontal gyrus is listening A brain-computer interface study reveals one brain region’s surprising role in planning movements exclusively in response to sounds. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — In the swimming pool game Marco Polo, “Marco” navigates toward other players with eyes closed, responding only to hearing the other players say “Polo.” Success depends on the ability to move one’s body in response to sound cues alone, and a new study finds that a specific part of the brain may help make that possible. The study, published in th...