TY - GEN
T1 - High performance in brain-computer interface control of an avatar using the missing hand representation in long term amputees
AU - Cohen, Ori
AU - Doron, Dana
AU - Koppel, Moshe
AU - Malach, Rafael
AU - Friedman, Doron
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/8/10
Y1 - 2017/8/10
N2 - The ability to allow subjects, including paralyzed patients, to perform a task using brain-computer interfaces has seen a rapid and growing success. Surprisingly, however, it is still not known how far such performance can be improved - especially in cases of long term amputation where both efferent and afferent functions are abolished and may lead to deterioration of the relevant brain representations. Here we used real-time fMRI to demonstrate a remarkably high performance of long term amputees in controlling a computer generated avatar using their missing hand. The missing limb BCI performance showed similar levels both when compared to the intact hand and to control participants.
AB - The ability to allow subjects, including paralyzed patients, to perform a task using brain-computer interfaces has seen a rapid and growing success. Surprisingly, however, it is still not known how far such performance can be improved - especially in cases of long term amputation where both efferent and afferent functions are abolished and may lead to deterioration of the relevant brain representations. Here we used real-time fMRI to demonstrate a remarkably high performance of long term amputees in controlling a computer generated avatar using their missing hand. The missing limb BCI performance showed similar levels both when compared to the intact hand and to control participants.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85028607721
U2 - 10.1109/ner.2017.8008375
DO - 10.1109/ner.2017.8008375
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER
SP - 403
EP - 406
BT - 8th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2017
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 8th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2017
Y2 - 25 May 2017 through 28 May 2017
ER -