Development of a Neuron Based Internet Game Driven by a Brain-Computer Interface System

Have you ever imagined that you could play an internet game against an animal like a rat? How would you feel if you lose? In the present study, we have developed an internet game driven by and linked to a brain-computer interface (BCI) system. The BCI system translated real-time neuronal activities from prefrontal cortex (PFC), or hippocampaus (CA1) of a rat into external device control commands and used them to drive a neuron based internet game series called RaviDuel.

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