Jan Scheuermann Case Study

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Jan Scheuermann began losing control of her muscles in 1996 when her genetic disorder, spinocerebellar degeneration, began taking over her life. Soon Jan would be confined to a electric wheelchair. Two or three times a week Jan goes to a research lab at the University of Pittsburgh, here she works with a brain controlled prosthetic. In Jans case she controls a prosthetic arm. Jan is one of only a few individuals that received brain implants that help manipulate objects with thoughts. Inside her brain are two grids full of electrodes that were planted into her motor cortex. As her neurons fire the electrodes detect the rate at which they fire, and thick cables plugged into her scalp relay the activity to a computer. This new technology takes

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