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  • Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Rehabilitation Technology

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  • The ventral (speech) motor cortex is established for high-performance speech brain-computer interface (BCI) control.
  • It was previously undetermined if this area could support cursor and click control, typically linked to the dorsal motor cortex.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential of the ventral precentral gyrus (vPCG) for enabling cursor and click control via a BCI.
  • To evaluate the performance and calibration speed of a vPCG-driven cursor BCI.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited a participant with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with prior vPCG electrode implantation.
  • Developed and tested a cursor BCI utilizing the participant's vPCG neural activity for target selection tasks.

Main Results:

  • The vPCG cursor BCI demonstrated rapid calibration (40 seconds) and accurate performance (2.90 bits per second).
  • The participant successfully used the BCI to independently control their personal computer.

Conclusions:

  • Neural activity from the vPCG can effectively drive a cursor and click BCI.
  • Implanting electrodes in vPCG for speech decoding may also facilitate multi-modal BCIs for both speech and cursor control.