Brain-Computer Interfaces and Prosthetic Agents - Tom Buller
When:
Thursday, January 23, 2020
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, 1st floor/Searle Room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: FREE
Contact:
Myria Knox
(312) 503-7962
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings, Grand Rounds
Description:
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Tom Buller
Professor of Philosophy
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
Brain-Computer Interfaces and Prosthetic Agents
BCIs have been described as devices that “translate thought into action.” This description seems appropriate since BCIs decode neural signals to extract voluntary motor commands that reflect the person’s movement intentions, and then use the processed signal to control an external device or limb. In broad terms, we can say that a person has performed an action if bodily movement is caused by the person’s beliefs and desires and is under the person’s control. An important question to ask is whether BCI-mediated behavior meets these conditions.