Dot Animations (VIDEO)

Brown University

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Researchers have found that activity in the motor cortex that occurs when people watch someone else perform an action is tied to how human-like the action looks. Dot animations varied from somewhat human-like to random blobs. The more human-like animations resulted in more activity in the motor cortex.

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BrainGate Clinical Trial / Brown University

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