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Monkeys' Brains Adapt to Virtual Movement via BCIs

10/21/2025

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Researchers at the German Primate Center in Göttingen show the brain adapts to controlling movements in virtual environments via brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).
In rhesus monkeys, it recalibrates motor commands without rewiring connections, using existing motor strategies to adjust for errors.
The findings redefine cortical roles by showing that frontal and parietal regions jointly encode adapted commands.

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Story summary

Researchers at the German Primate Center in Göttingen show the brain adapts to controlling movements in virtual environments via brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).
In rhesus monkeys, it recalibrates motor commands without rewiring connections, using existing motor strategies to adjust for errors.
The findings redefine cortical roles by showing that frontal and parietal regions jointly encode adapted commands.