METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING NATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DOMINANT HEMISPHERE FUNCTIONALITY AND USE OF SUCH INFORMATION FOR THERAPEUTICS AND FOR CONTROL OF PROSTHESES AND ROBOTICS

摘要

A method and system for determining the dominant cerebral hemisphere of a subject. There is further provided a method and system for using information obtained regarding hemisphere dominance for programming electronic devices such as robots, prostheses, as well as methods for using such information during treatment and surgical procedures in order to obtain superior function and/or movement when there is injury or disease to an area of the brain. The present invention employs a vectorial view of the role of callosum in the underpinning lateralities of speech and handedness, and as such, provides a technical definition of handedness (i.e., which hemisphere of the cerebrum is dominant in a particular individual subject). This technical definition is then used to completely accurately replicate or predict voluntary movements of the subject and this information, in turn, can be utilized in the field of prosthetics and robotics in order to obtain more accurate depiction of brain function and hence, more authentic replication of movement.