Two groups of neuroscientists from the University of California, San Diego and Massachusetts Hospital, under the overall direction of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), have for the first time implanted a neuroimplant in the human brain that generates electromagnetic waves and thus regulates behavior and sensations. The research results are published in the journal Nature.
This is the first feedback neuroimplant to be implanted into the brain of a living person.
The device reads the electromagnetic field of the brain, identifies patterns characteristic of different physical states and creates its own electromagnetic oscillations in such a way that the resulting self-electromagnetic activity of the brain and the implant creates oscillations with specified characteristics.
It is believed that the device can be used to treat nervous disorders such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. The device has already been tested on six volunteers.
On November 15, it was reported that scientists from the University of Southern California have developed an implant capable of improving human memory.