Restoring touch through electrodes implanted in the human brain will require engineering around a sensory lag
- Written by David Caldwell, Neurological Surgery Resident, University of California, San Francisco
The brain responds differently to natural touch on a finger versus a direct electrical stimulation.Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo LibraryMore than 5 million people in the United States are affected by limb loss or paralysis. Technological devices that directly interact with the brain, known as brain-computer interfaces, offer the potential to...