brain-tissue

French researchers have published a study in which they connected human brain slices to a robot, enabling it to learn to play the piano through hearing. This demonstrates that brain tissue can perform sensorimotor learning in vitro, and has sparked ethical discussions.

French researchers connected a robot to brain cortex tissue donated from deceased individuals, demonstrating that isolated human brain tissue can still form new memories, learn new movements, and even learn to play new songs, potentially changing our understanding of brain death and viability.