Motor Control 3 Flashcards
1
Q
What are some of the clinical relevance of understanding brain control of movement?
A
Brain-machine interfaces and brain-brain interfaces are being developed
Sensory properties are being built into prosthetic limbs so patients can get sensory feedback when their prosthetic limb contacts objects or people
2
Q
What are brain-machine interfaces used to allow?
A
Patients to voluntarily control prosthetic limbs and to walk again following spinal cord injuries
3
Q
What are brain-brain interfaces?
A
Interfaces that use brain signals from one animal to teach another animal a task it has never seen