The forgotten era of brain chips

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Abstract

The modern brain-implant technology, which is enjoying a resurgence today and is improving life for patients with epilepsy and such movement disorders as Parkinson's dystonia, is discussed. The stimulation of motor cortex could elicit specific physical reactions, such as movement of the limbs. Several groups have recently shown that monkeys can control computers and robotic arms 'merely by thinking,' as media accounts invariably put it, not telekinetically but via implanted electrodes picking up neural signals. In Spain, Delgado shifted his focus to noninvasive methods of affecting the brain, which he hoped would be more medically acceptable than implants.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)66-73
Number of pages8
JournalScientific American
Volume293
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2005

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