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    • Neuroscience
    • Human-Computer Interaction

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    • Myoelectric control interfaces are crucial for advanced prosthetics, exoskeletons, and robot teleoperation.
    • Current methods focus on subject-specific or task-specific decoding functions, which have limitations.
    • A paradigm shift is needed to overcome these limitations in myoelectric control.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and evaluate a novel myoelectric interface paradigm where humans are embedded as controllers.
    • To investigate the efficacy of abstract mapping functions for myoelectric control.
    • To demonstrate that users can learn and improve control of artificial systems through adaptation.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed abstract mapping functions between myoelectric activity and control actions.
    • Tested the method using two distinct control tasks and four different abstract mappings.
    • Collected and analyzed performance data across multiple trials and tasks.

    Main Results:

    • All subjects successfully learned the abstract mappings and demonstrated improved performance over time.
    • Learning curves were transferable across trials with the same mapping, irrespective of the task.
    • Evidence suggests the development of new, refined muscle synergies relative to the mapping.

    Conclusions:

    • Learning a constant, arbitrary myoelectric mapping function can lead to maximal performance.
    • This approach offers a more adaptable and efficient control strategy compared to subject- or task-specific methods.
    • The findings have broad implications for the neural control of various devices and robots.