Brain region used for speech decoding also supports BCI cursor control.
BCIs implanted in the brain can help individuals bypass pathways damaged by illness or injury and interact with computers based on neural signals.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis found that the same brain region supporting speech BCI could help in computer cursor control for a person with ALS.
The study suggests that computer cursor control may not be as body-part-specific as previously believed, potentially enabling the development of multi-modal BCIs for people with paralysis.