Title :
Can we restore natural perception with electrical stimulation?
Author_Institution :
Neurosurg. & Neurosci., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
A useful tactile somatosensory prosthesis must (i) evoke somatosensory percepts in limited body regions, (ii) provide graded sensation, (iii) have reproducibility and persistence, (iv) provide the perception of slip and pressure, and (v) provide proprioception. With thalamic stimulation we have been able to produce 3 of these 5.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; prosthetics; touch (physiological); electrical stimulation; natural perception; persistence; reproducibility; somatosensory percepts; tactile somatosensory prosthesis;
Conference_Titel :
World Haptics Conference (WHC), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Evanston, IL
DOI :
10.1109/WHC.2015.7177673
