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Neural Interface (DNI), or Brain-Machine Interface (BMI), Is A Direct Communication Pathway

A brain-computer interface (BCI) allows direct communication between an enhanced or wired brain and an external device, and can be used to assist or augment human cognitive and sensory functions. Research on BCIs began in the 1970s at UCLA, funded by the National Science Foundation and DARPA, marking the first use of the term "brain-computer interface" in scientific literature. Current BCI research focuses on neuroprosthetics to restore functions like hearing, sight and movement, with implanted prosthetic devices beginning to be used in humans in the mid-1990s after successful animal testing.

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Neural Interface (DNI), or Brain-Machine Interface (BMI), Is A Direct Communication Pathway

A brain-computer interface (BCI) allows direct communication between an enhanced or wired brain and an external device, and can be used to assist or augment human cognitive and sensory functions. Research on BCIs began in the 1970s at UCLA, funded by the National Science Foundation and DARPA, marking the first use of the term "brain-computer interface" in scientific literature. Current BCI research focuses on neuroprosthetics to restore functions like hearing, sight and movement, with implanted prosthetic devices beginning to be used in humans in the mid-1990s after successful animal testing.

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A braincomputer interface (BCI), sometimes called a mind-machine interface (MMI), direct


neural interface (DNI), or brainmachine interface (BMI), is a direct communication pathway
between an enhanced or wired brain and an external device. BCIs are often directed at researching,
mapping, assisting, augmenting, or repairing human cognitive or sensory-motor functions.
Research on BCIs began in the 1970s at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under a
grant from the National Science Foundation, followed by a contract from DARPA.[1][2] The papers
published after this research also mark the first appearance of the expression braincomputer
interface in scientific literature.
The field of BCI research and development has since focused primarily on neuroprosthetics
applications that aim at restoring damaged hearing, sight and movement. Thanks to the remarkable
cortical plasticity of the brain, signals from implanted prostheses can, after adaptation, be handled
by the brain like natural sensor or effector channels.[3] Following years of animal experimentation,
the first neuroprosthetic devices implanted in humans appeared in the mid-1990s.

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