“Miguel Nicolelis has produced a delightful and scientifically important work by combining stories of his life with reflections on the big questions in neuroscience. The progress he and his coworkers have made toward a future where humans can use brain activity to directly control computers and mechanical devices to restore lost motor and communication functions is both awe-inspiring and filled with hope.”—Ion Kaas, Distinguished Centennial Professor, Vanderbilt University, and member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

“In this wonderfully vivid and fascinating book, Miguel Nicolelis describes a new view of the human brain, and how interfacing it to machines will have important implications for rehabilitation medicine and beyond.”—Peter Agre, M.D., 2003 Nobel laureate in chemistry and university professor and director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute