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Brain-controlled machines, with Tom Carlson

Instant Genius

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Neuroplasticity for Rehabilitation

I think rehabilitation is going to be the real strength of this technology. We can exploit things like neuroplasticity for rehabilitation. Using a process called Hebbian learning, that was coined by Donald Hoepp in the late 1940s. So basically if we're applying a stimulus at one point and we're seeing a resultant movement at another point, then gradually these networks of neurons strengthen connections between each other.

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