Summary: NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded project could help people with paralysis to communicate.
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Thoughts turned into text Two implanted electrode arrays record the brain activity produced by thinking about writing letters. This information is then collected and processed in real-time by a computer, which converts that data into words on a screen. Image courtesy of Shenoy lab & Erika Woodrum (artist)