Sliman Bensmaia: Biological and Bionic hands: Natural neural coding and artificial perception

University of Chicago

My goal is to discover how sensory information is encoded in the activity of neurons along the somatosensory neuraxis, spanning the senses of touch and proprioception. To this end, we record neuronal responses, measure the elicited percepts, and develop mathematical models to link the neuronal representations to behavior. We then leverage our basic scientific insights to develop approaches to convey somatosensory feedback through neuronal microstimulation for use in upper-limb neuroprostheses.

 

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Timo Schmidt / Robert Martin