Diversity supplement to BCI Agency RF1

刺激和记录人脑活动的神经假体设备可以恢复 运动、感觉和交流，并可能改善精神状况，如 抑郁症或强迫症。然而，因为神经假体直接进行手术 在大脑上，并在有意识的思想和行动之间，或在行动和 感觉或情感反馈，它们也可能影响人类的代理--一种对 塑造我们身份的经历和行动。这项多样性补充拨款将 支持我们之前授予的RF1，资助一名额外的博士后研究人员。他们 将调查神经假体的潜在应用，这些假体提供或恢复物理 这类技术对最终用户体验的感觉和影响 代理的表述。

Neural prosthetic devices that stimulate and record activity of the human brain can restore movement, sensation and communication, and may ameliorate psychiatric conditions such as depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Yet, because neural prosthetics operate directly on the brain, and intercede between conscious thought and action, or between actions and sensory or emotional feedback, they may also affect human agency—a sense of ownership over the experiences and actions that shape our identities. This diversity supplement grant will support our previously awarded RF1 by funding an additional postdoctoral researcher. They will investigate the potential applications of neuroprosthetics that provide or restore physical sensations and the impact of this class of technologies on end users’ experiences and expressions of agency.