News Finding: "These findings could be the basis for novel rehabilitation procedures for the many neural disorders that are characterized by improper neural activity," Yu says.
Paper Finding: Second, the difference in learnability between the two types of perturbation was present from the earliest sessions, and over the course of the study the monkeys did not improve at learning (Extended Data Fig.
News Context: Byron M. Yu, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon, believes this work demonstrates the utility of BCI for basic scientific studies that will eventually impact people's lives. "These findings could be the basis for novel rehabilitation procedures for the many neural disorders that are characterized by improper neural activity," Yu says. "Restoring function might require a person to generate a new pattern of neural activity.
Paper Context: Following outside-manifold perturbations, performance was not impaired, which is consistent with little, if any, learning having occurred (Extended Data Fig. Second, the difference in learnability between the two types of perturbation was present from the earliest sessions, and over the course of the study the monkeys did not improve at learning (Extended Data Fig. 4) .