![]() “By studying the octopus, we may be able to give people back the use of their arms – to be able to pick up a cup or hold a child – which would be an amazing gift,” said Pelled, professor and director of the Neuroengineering Division at MSU’s Institute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering. ![]() Pelled believes this research could help create prosthetics humans could control with their brains, allowing them to regain the use of their arms and hands. The Michigan State University neuroscientist and neuroengineer has received a $2.35 million National Institutes of Health grant to analyze the impulses that drive the infinitely complex movements of an octopuses’ eight arms. ![]() Now she’s studying octopuses to see if they hold the key to restoring limb function in humans with the use of new “smart” prosthetics. Galit Pelled’s fascination with the intelligent octopus dates back to her undergraduate days at Hebrew University in Israel where she cared for and fed the dexterous animal.
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