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Mind Control of Paralyzed Hands

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Patients who have lost the functioning of a part of their brain and suffer as a consequence of a paralysis of a hand can be helped by a new device. It can read a part of the mind that prepares the movement but whose signals would lead nowhere. This is connected to an exoskeleton, a device which takes direct control of the hand. After training a number of patients regained a limited use of their hand.

News seen at: ScienceDaily - Health