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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		Decoding neuromechanisms in the brain may help robotics
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:02
	Publish Date:		2016-01-27 00:00:00
	Description:		When it comes to movement, there’s still a lot that’s unknown about what’s actually being mapped in the brain, but researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Action Lab are working to decode the cognitive architecture that underlies what’s called goal-directed movement. Graduate student Deborah Barany is part of the team. "My research broadly focuses on the neuromechanisms that underlie our goal directed action. So, basically anything that involves the brain when you move – your brain is planning in some way, whether you know it or not. So I’m basically trying to ask the question, “how is the brain organized so that we can make these successful movements?” Barany developed a new analysis tool that allows researchers to zoom in on active regions of the brain during specific movements. This understanding may help advance neural prosthetics or even enhance the field of robotics. "Being able to adapt through the environment and move around obstacles and make these fast changes."
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