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Researchers have taught monkeys to control virtual arms with their thoughts

By Lorie Wimble1 min readGoogle News

Researchers at Duke University have trained two monkeys to direct the virtual hands of a monkey avatar on a computer screen using nothing but their thoughts.

Two monkeys, which were studied at the university’s Center for Neuroengineering, learned to direct the virtual hands of a monkey avatar on a computer screen without moving any part of their real bodies. Duke said it’s the first-ever two-way interaction between a primate brain and a virtual body, according to a release.

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