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Spike band power restored degraded performance

After many of Noland's threads retracted from the brain causing performance to degrade, switching the implant's firmware from individual spike detection to measuring spike band power—averages of populations of neurons nearby each electrode—immediately restored and ultimately exceeded prior performance, demonstrating reliance on broader population activity is more robust than tracking individual neurons.

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Speaker

Bliss Chapman

Evidence Quote

We have less resolution about which individual neuron is doing what, but we have a broader picture of what’s going on nearby an electrode overall.

Source

Elon Musk And Neuralink TeamLex Fridman Podcast
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:37:31 AM

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