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Rutgers is home to the Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science, also known as RUCCS.
WASHINGTON POST
By John Jacobs
washincton Post Staff Writer
The Central Intelligence Agency se-
cretly funneled at least $5,000 to the
sociology department at Rutgers Uni-
versity in the late 1930s to study IHun-
;;arian refugees who fled to this coun-
try after taking part in the 1956 Hun-
garian uprising.
Documents the CLk released yes-
terday relating to its TtK-ULTRA be-
havior-control program of the 1950s
https:// www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp88-01315r000400330008-7
https:// www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rwj/conversations/brain-computer-interfaces
2013
Recently, there have been a number of news stories about mind-control or a brain-computer interface? What are these? Are they the same thing?
Brain-computer Interfaces (BCI) are devices that can record electrical signals from the brain and translate these signals into outputs to control an external device. The external device might be a small machine, such as a robot, or small computer program. Unlike other technologies that use brain electrodes, BCIs do not involve brain stimulation. They have been developed to record natural brain activity.
Mind-control is a term used in the popular press to refer to these BCI technologies.
What are some medical applications of BCI?
There is a lot of potential for BCIs to help people with disabilities, although the work is experimental at this point. One of the most exciting possible applications for BCIs is to improve function in people who have been paralyzed or have diseases affecting the motor system. Steven Hawking, the famous astrophysicist who has ALS, is already participating in an industry-run trial to try out BCI.