People with paralysis affecting their speech and hands can struggle to communicate, and the loss is often cited as one of the ...

While the United States and Europe are moving cautiously forward with clinical trials, China is racing toward the ...

For years, scientists have been working to remedy that by developing devices that can decode brain signals and translate them into computer cursor movements or text. In the past, BCIs allowed people ...

Scientists at Stanford University have taken a major step toward helping people “speak” without moving a muscle—by decoding the silent voice inside the mind. In a study published in the journal ...

German doctors have given patients with locked-in syndrome a way to communicate using yes or no answers. Published in the journal PLOS Biology, the research is so remarkable that it has Black Mirror ...

New scientific research presented at this week’s Society for Neuroscience 2022 conference by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) shows that a brain-machine interface (BMI), also known as ...

A man who hasn’t been able to move or speak for years imagines picking up a cup and filling it with water. In response to the man’s thoughts, a robotic arm mounted on his wheelchair glides forward, ...