Brain stimulation could help doctors learn to use surgery robots
Futurity January 2, 2024
People who received gentle electric currents on the back of their heads learned to maneuver a robotic surgery tool in virtual reality and then in a real setting much more easily than people who didn’t receive those nudges, a new study shows.
The findings offer the first glimpse of how stimulating a specific part of the brain called the cerebellum could help health care professionals take what they learn in virtual reality to real operating rooms, a much-needed transition in a field that increasingly relies on digital simulation training, says author and Johns Hopkins University roboticist Jeremy D. Brown.
“IT WAS REALLY COOL THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR USING THIS SETUP…”
“Training in virtual reality...