🧩Research Focus

We aim to restore motor and cognitive function in patients with neurological disorders through brain-guided, personalized rehabilitation interventions.
Our approach combines neuromodulation, brain-computer interfaces (BCI), and wearable robotic devices to induce and enhance neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to reorganize itself for recovery.

We believe that task-specific, intention-driven, and adaptive rehabilitation paradigms can maximize recovery even in patients with severe impairments.

Background

Neurorehabilitation focuses on restoring lost function due to damage in the central nervous system (e.g., stroke, traumatic brain injury, neurodegenerative diseases). While traditional therapies rely heavily on therapist-guided physical training, they face challenges such as:

• Limited treatment time and therapist availability

• Low motivation and adherence in home settings

• Insufficient feedback on brain involvement

To address these, our lab pursues a next-generation neurorehabilitation paradigm that is:

• Brain-centered: using EEG/tES to monitor and modulate brain activity

• Technology-assisted: incorporating robotic devices to deliver consistent, high-intensity training

• Personalized: adapting to patient-specific functional level and brain state

• Closed-loop: enabling real-time feedback between brain, body, and device

Our system-level integration empowers patients to become active agents in their recovery.

Key Research Directions

• Studying neuroplasticity mechanisms induced by brain-guided rehabilitation

• Combining neuromodulation + BCI + robotics for synergistic recovery

• Designing clinically viable protocols that can be applied both in-hospital and at home

• Evaluating task-specific recovery using kinematic, electrophysiological, and clinical outcome metrics