Exploring how we think: Mind, Body, Spirit - Part 1 | TED Radio Hour
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How to Train a Patient to Use Technology Effectively
The procedure involves putting a catheter into the jugular vein in the neck, then slipped up inside the skull. It's kind of going up the drain pipes of the brain. So you carry your way up through those pipes all the way up into the brain until you sit on the blood vessel that's sitting right on top of the motor cortex. Once you digitize that, you can apply what used to be a particular movement, say closing a fist or putting up your finger or bending your elbow. The patient will realize that that performs a particular task on the computer.
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