Diversity supplement to BCI Agency RF1

刺激和记录人脑活动的神经修复装置可以恢复 运动，感觉和沟通，并可能改善精神状况，如 抑郁症或强迫症。然而，由于神经修复术直接 在大脑上，并在有意识的思想和行动之间进行调解，或者在行动和行动之间进行调解。 感官或情感反馈，它们也可能影响人类的能动性-一种对 塑造我们身份的经历和行为。这种多样性补助金将 通过资助额外的博士后研究人员来支持我们以前授予的RF 1。他们 将研究神经修复术的潜在应用， 感觉和这类技术对最终用户体验的影响， 代理的表达。

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.