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A Brain-to-Brain Interface for Real-Time Sharing of Sensorimotor Information

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Pais-Vieira, Miguel, Lebedev, Mikhail, Kunicki, Carolina, Wang, Jing, Nicolelis, Miguel A. L.·2013·Scientific Reports

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A brain-to-brain interface (BTBI) enabled a real-time transfer of behaviorally meaningful sensorimotor information between the brains of two rats. In this BTBI, an "encoder" rat performed sensorimotor tasks that required it to select from two choices of tactile or visual stimuli. While the encoder rat performed the task, samples of its cortical activity were transmitted to matching cortical areas of a "decoder" rat using intracortical microstimulation (ICMS). The decoder rat learned to make similar behavioral selections, guided solely by the information provided by the encoder rat's brain. These results demonstrated that a complex system was formed by coupling the animals' brains, suggesting that BTBIs can enable dyads or networks of animal's brains to exchange, process, and store information and, hence, serve as the basis for studies of novel types of social interaction and for biological computing devices.

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  • Neuroscientists have demonstrated the technological capability of brain-to-brain communication, including transferring sensory and perceptual experiences and memories directly between animals using invasive techniques, and manipulating and controlling them.

    “Neuroscientists have also demonstrated the technological capability of brain-to-brain communication; that is, the ability to transfer sensory and perceptual experiences 26 and memories 11 directly between animals using invasive techniques, as well as to manipulate 31 and control them. 6”

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  • Recently demonstrated Brainet systems have verified potential direct communications between the brains of two rats located on different continents, after the rats had been permanently implanted with microelectrodes in the sensorimotor cortex.

    “While not yet particularly sophisticated, recently demonstrated Brainet systems have already provided several interesting insights, including verification of potential direct communications between the brains of two rats located on different continents, after the rats had been permanently implanted with microelectrodes in the sensorimotor cortex (Pais-Vieira et al., 2013).”

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  1. Hartley R. V. L. Transmission of Information. Bell Technical Journal, 535– 564 (1928).

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Authors
Pais-Vieira, M., Lebedev, M., Kunicki, C., Wang, J., & Nicolelis, M. A. L.
Affiliations
Duke University (US)
Corresponding author
Nicolelis, Miguel A. L.
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2013-02-28
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
1319-1319
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2170446717
Cited by
252
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 18
FWCI
15.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (01/2011, 01.06.1092.00)
  • Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Norte
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (DP1MH099903)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (R01DE011451)
  • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (DP1MH099903)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
brain-to-brain interfaces, intracortical microstimulation, rats, social interaction, biological computation, neural decoding
MeSH terms
Animals, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Electric Stimulation, Microelectrodes, Motor Cortex, Rats, Long-Evans, Rats

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