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Broad skill generalization with an extra robotic body part

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By María Dolores Molina-Sánchez, Lucy Dowdall, Giulia Dominijanni, Viktorija Pavalkyte, Clara Gallay, Edmund da Silva, Dani Clode, Tamar R Makin
| Cell Press Verified
Keywords motor sensorimotor learning transfer generalization augmentation supernumerary robotic limb wearable human-computer interaction Results and discussion The Third Thumb (Figure 1A) is a hand-augmentation device, worn on the right hand (effector) and controlled via pressure sensors under the right and left big toes (controller), proportionally mediating two degrees of freedom: flexion and adduction. The Thumb is used in coordination with the right-hand digits to manipulate objects.
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Biomimetic versus arbitrary motor control strategies for bionic hand skill learning - Nature Human Behaviour

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By Hunter R. Schone, Beth Rispoli, Tamar R Makin, James Vandersea
| Nature Verified
Abstract A long-standing engineering ambition has been to design anthropomorphic bionic limbs: devices that look like and are controlled in the same way as the biological body (biomimetic). The untested assumption is that biomimetic motor control enhances device embodiment, learning, generalization and automaticity.
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The Brain Isn't as Adaptable as Some Neuroscientists Claim

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By John Krakauer, Tamar R Makin
| Scientific American Verified
The human brain’s ability to adapt and change, known as neuroplasticity, has long captivated both the scientific community and the public imagination. It’s a concept that brings hope and fascination, especially when we hear extraordinary stories of, for example, blind individuals developing heightened senses that enable them to navigate through a cluttered room purely based on echolocation or stroke survivors miraculously regaining motor abilities once thought lost.
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