Can a robotic arm be controlled by the brain?

1. The addition of touch feedback _____ the study participant's ability to grasp and move objects.
4. People with tetraplegia cannot grasp, move, or feel objects with their hands due to the _____ between the brain and limbs being damaged.
7. Neural signals are messages used by the body to _____ information to and from the brain.
8. The bidirectional brain-computer interface improved the participant's _____ to pick up and move objects.
10. The first brain-computer interface we made relied on _____ to operate.
11. A brain-computer interface takes _____ signals and translates them into commands.

2. The success of the bidirectional brain-computer interface inspires more questions for future _____.
3. The new interface lets a person feel a sense of _____ from their own paralyzed hand when touch sensors on the robot hand make contact with an object.
4. The brain-computer interface that used sight was successful, but it was often slow and _____.
5. The new bidirectional brain-computer interfaces brings _____ to and from the brain.
6. We need more developments and _____ in the field to help restore independence to people with spinal cord injuries.
9. People with tetraplegia are unable to move or feel anything below the location of their _____.
10. A(n) _____ cord is a system of nerves that connects all the parts of the body to the brain and also independently controls some physical behaviors.\