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: For monkey L, we did not analyse 3 sessions (2 within-manifold perturbations; 1 outside-manifold perturbation).
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: For monkey J, we did not analyse 11 sessions (2 within-manifold perturbations; 9 outside-manifold perturbations). For monkey L, we did not analyse 3 sessions (2 within-manifold perturbations; 1 outside-manifold perturbation). At the beginning of each day, the monkey was typically able to control the cursor proficiently using the previous day's intuitive mapping.