The Nicolelis Lab is well known for researching brain-machine interfaces (BMI) in an effort to develop brain controlled prosthetic limbs to be used by patients suffering from quadriplegia. Although the lab has multiple ongoing projects, my research falls within the BMI project.
For my project, I am using data that has already been collected by the lab. Using this data, I am calculating lag times between velocity models and neural firing rate models. My hypothesis is that the lag time will increase when a monkey is completing multiple tasks simultaneously, rather than just one task. Knowing and understanding these lag times is integral to the application and construction of brain-machine interfaces to be used by humans.
Although I am unable to go into greater detail of my project on this blog, due to the sensitive nature of my data, I will be sure to edit this blog entry after the data has been published.
