Sliman Bensmaia

Researchers building ‘bionic breast’ to restore sensation for cancer survivors Woman getting mammogram

Researchers building ‘bionic breast’ to restore sensation for cancer survivors

Sliman Bensmaia, leading expert on the neuroscience of touch, 1973-2023 A portrait of Silman Bensmaia in the lab

Sliman Bensmaia, leading expert on the neuroscience of touch, 1973-2023

UChicago researchers re-create sense of touch and motor control in paralyzed patient Scott Imbrie wears a VR headset

UChicago researchers re-create sense of touch and motor control in paralyzed patient

Even after long-term exposure, bionic touch does not remap the brain Woman uses prosthetic arm to write

Even after long-term exposure, bionic touch does not remap the brain

UChicago neuroscientists expand possibilities for realistic prosthetic limbs Visualization of a prosthetic hand, illustrated with blue light

UChicago neuroscientists expand possibilities for realistic prosthetic limbs

How researchers are returning sensation to breast cancer survivors Breast cancer , bionic breast

How researchers are returning sensation to breast cancer survivors

How the brain distinguishes textures—from sandpaper to silk Finger holding a feather

How the brain distinguishes textures—from sandpaper to silk

How do you measure the sense of touch? Sliman Bensmaia

How do you measure the sense of touch?

$3.4 million grant to support development of brain-controlled prosthetic limbs Prosthetics

$3.4 million grant to support development of brain-controlled prosthetic limbs

Researchers help paralyzed man regain sense of touch through a robotic arm Robotic arm fist-bumping human arm

Researchers help paralyzed man regain sense of touch through a robotic arm