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This study introduces a novel brain-computer interface (BCI) simulator that uses a deep reinforcement learning agent to rapidly design and evaluate BCIs for cursor control, accelerating BCI research.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Computer Science
Biomedical Engineering

Background:

Intracortical motor brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are crucial for restoring function but are costly and slow to develop.
Traditional BCI evaluation relies on real-time experiments, limiting research speed and community involvement due to the complex closed-loop interactions between users and decoders.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel BCI simulator for accurate and rapid design of BCIs for cursor control entirely in software.
To overcome the limitations of real-time experiments in BCI evaluation.

Main Methods:

Developed a BCI simulator that replaces the human user with a deep reinforcement learning (RL) agent.
The RL agent interacts with a simulated BCI system to learn optimal control strategies.
Validated the simulator's accuracy and versatility by reproducing published results for three distinct BCI decoders.

Main Results:

The simulator accurately reproduced published results for linear (FIT-KF), adaptive (ReFIT-KF), and nonlinear recurrent neural network (FORCE) BCI decoders.
Demonstrated the simulator's capability to enable rapid and accurate BCI design in a software environment.

Conclusions:

The developed BCI simulator significantly accelerates BCI research and design by enabling efficient, software-based evaluation.
This tool facilitates the development and optimization of various BCI decoder types, fostering wider BCI research and application.