Plugged-In Patients: Brain-Computer Interfaces

Date: 

Thursday, December 3, 2015, 4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Armenise 125 (D) Amphitheater, 210 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115

The Neuroethics Seminar Series
 
Plugged-In Patients: Brain-Computer Interfaces
 
Thursday December 3, 2015 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM EST
Armenise 125 (D) Amphitheater
210 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115

Connecting the human brain to a computer is no longer science fiction. Patients unable to control their bodies will soon be able to control computers and external devices, like wheelchairs, using only mental processes, by means of a brain-computer interface.
 
Join us to hear from investigators at the cutting edge of brain-computer interface technology, and to discuss the ethical and philosophical implications of research and clinical care using these technologies.
Panel
 
Phillip Kellmeyer MD
University of Freiburg
 
Leigh Hochberg MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Brown University
This event is free and open to the public.
Members of the community with a Harvard/Affiliate ID do not need to register.
 
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http://video.med.harvard.edu/MediaPlayer/Live/DAMP.aspx

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Learn more about the series and watch previous lectures:
 bioethics.hms.harvard.edu/neuroethics-seminar-series
 
Co-sponsors
The International Neuroethics Society
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, HLS
Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior, MGH
Institute for the Neurosciences, BWH
Center for Brain Science, Harvard University
Department of Neurobiology, HMS
 
With funding from
Mind Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative, Harvard University
The Harvard Brain Initiative Collaborative Seed Grant Program