Argumentative Behavior Analysis

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One of the motivations that led to more neuroscience discoveries was to figure out how to get the motor cortex to communicate with the rest of the body for someone who has become paralyzed. The connections between the two are often severed, but the motor cortex still manages to function. In the example given in the article, scientists were able to implant a sensor into Hutchinson’s motor cortex and once healed they were able to use connections from the sensor, interpreted by a computer to achieve communication. Through this communication, Hutchinson was able to “speak” and eventually she was able to use a motorized arm to pick up a latte and drink it.

In learning how to interpret communication and being able to bridge that communication not