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Miguel Nicolelis

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March 07, 1961 in São Paulo, Brazil

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http://www.beyondboundariesnicolelis.net

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Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind & Body

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Miguel Angelo Laporta Nicolelis, MD, PhD, is a Brazilian physician and scientist, best known for his pioneering work in "reading monkey thought". He and his colleagues implanted electrode arrays into a monkey's brain that were able to detect the monkey's motor intent and thus able to control reaching and grasping movements performed by a robotic arm. This was possible by decoding signals of hundreds of neurons recorded in volitional areas of the cerebral cortex while the monkey played with a hand-held joystick to move a shape in a video game. These signals were sent to the robot arm, which then mimicked the monkey's movements and thus controlled the game. After a while the monkey realised that thinking about moving the shape was enough and...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 52 ratings · 7 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines and How It Will Change Our Lives 3.83 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	My rating:
	In Vivo Optical Imaging of Brain Function by Ron Frostig, Frostig Frostig, Miguel Nicolelis (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	My rating: