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Miguel Nicolelis

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in São Paulo, Brazil

March 07, 1961

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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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Miguel Nicolelis's Books

Average rating: 3.87 · 101 ratings · 12 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines and How It Will Change Our Lives 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il cervello universale 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Vivo Optical Imaging of Brain Function by Ron Frostig, Frostig Frostig, Miguel Nicolelis (Editor) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brain Science Pod...: * BSP 79: Miguel Nicolelis author of Beyond Boundaries	11	16	Jan 05, 2012 02:00pm

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