Pain control by co-adaptive learning in a brain-machine interface

Summary

A research group of Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), Cambridge University, Oxford University, and others has developed a bidirectional neurofeedback system in which humans and computer-based AI agents train each other. The result of this study shows that this interactive learning of brain-AI agents using neurofeedback can strengthen the pain control system in the human brain. If neurofeedback can be used to train people to modulate their pain, it is expected to make a significant contribution to future pain treatment, including the development of new treatments for chronic pain.

【Press release】

https://www.amed.go.jp/news/release_20200814.html (AMED)

https://www.atr.jp/topics/press_200814.html (ATR)

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