Traditional brain–machine interfaces decode cortical motor commands to control external
devices. These commands are the product of higher-level cognitive processes, occurring …

Cervical spinal cord atrophy occurs after spinal cord injury. The atrophy and how level of
injury affects atrophy differs between studies. A systematic review and metaanalysis were …

Motor planning plays a critical role in producing fast and accurate movement. Yet, the neural
processes that occur in human primary motor and somatosensory cortex during planning …

Neural plasticity allows us to learn skills and incorporate new experiences. What happens
when our lived experiences fundamentally change, such as after a severe injury? To …

Recent literature suggests that tactile events are represented in the primary somatosensory
cortex (S1) beyond its long-established topography; in addition, the extent to which S1 is …

When we interact with objects, we rely on signals from the hand that convey information
about the object and our interaction with it. A basic feature of these interactions, the locations …

Electrophysiological studies in monkeys show that finger amputation triggers local
remapping within the deprived primary somatosensory cortex (S1). Human neuroimaging …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been extensively used as a tool to map
the brain processes related to somatosensory stimulation. This mapping includes the …

It is well established that vibrotactile stimuli are represented in somatotopic maps. However,
less is known about whether these somatotopic representations are modulated by task …

Loss of speech after paralysis is devastating, but circumventing motor-pathway injury by
directly decoding speech from intact cortical activity has the potential to restore natural …