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This Week in Neuroscience

This Week in Neuroscience

By: Vincent Racaniello
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A podcast about the nervous system.This Week in Neuroscience is copyright 2019 by MicrobeTV, LLC Biological Sciences Nature & Ecology Science
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  • TWiN 68: Firewall for the brain
    Jan 27 2026

    TWiN explores the use of speech brain-computer interfaces to restore communication to people with paralysis, and reveals strategies for protecting private inner speech.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

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    • Keeping private inner speech from brain-computer interfaces (Cell)
    • Mind-reading brain implant with password protection (Nature)
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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    1 hr and 14 mins
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