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Francis R. Willett

Stanford University · US
Area of research
Cognitive Neuroscience · Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Research interest
Research interests include EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Muscle activation and electromyography studies, and Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology.
h-index
24
citations
4,512
works
63
NIH funding
primary concept
Brain–computer interface
email

Recent publications

Cross-brain transfer of high-performance intracortical speech and handwriting BCIs
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2026cited by 0position: lastdoi
A Surgical Planning Pipeline for Human Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces
medRxiv 2026cited by 0position: middledoi
Premotor cortex uses a compositional neural geometry to plan words
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2026cited by 0position: middledoi
A high-performance brain–computer interface for finger decoding and quadcopter game control in an individual with paralysis
Nature Medicine 2025cited by 52position: middledoi
Inner speech in motor cortex and implications for speech neuroprostheses
Cell 2025cited by 27position: lastdoi
Long-term performance of intracortical microelectrode arrays in 14 BrainGate clinical trial participants
medRxiv 2025cited by 8position: lastdoi
An intuitive, bimanual, high-throughput QWERTY touch typing neuroprosthesis for people with tetraplegia
medRxiv 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Pseudo-linear summation explains neural geometry of multi-finger movements in human premotor cortex
Nature Communications 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
Error encoding in human speech motor cortex
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Long-term unsupervised recalibration of cursor-based intracortical brain–computer interfaces using a hidden Markov model
Nature Biomedical Engineering 2025cited by 2position: lastdoi
Brain control of bimanual movement enabled by recurrent neural networks
Scientific Reports 2024cited by 44position: middledoi
A mosaic of whole-body representations in human motor cortex
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 14position: lastdoi
A flexible intracortical brain-computer interface for typing using finger movements
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
A real-time, high-performance brain-computer interface for finger decoding and quadcopter control
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 7position: middledoi
A high-performance speech neuroprosthesis
Nature 2023cited by 501position: firstdoi
A high-performance speech neuroprosthesis
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023cited by 40position: firstdoi
Plug-and-Play Stability for Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces: A One-Year Demonstration of Seamless Brain-to-Text Communication
PubMed 2023cited by 19position: lastdoi
An accurate and rapidly calibrating speech neuroprosthesis
medRxiv 2023cited by 18position: middledoi
Long-term unsupervised recalibration of cursor BCIs
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023cited by 15position: middledoi
Translating deep learning to neuroprosthetic control
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023cited by 14position: middledoi
Pseudo-linear Summation explains Neural Geometry of Multi-finger Movements in Human Premotor Cortex
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Learned Motor Patterns Are Replayed in Human Motor Cortex during Sleep
Journal of Neuroscience 2022cited by 59position: middledoi
High-performance brain-to-text communication via handwriting
Nature 2021cited by 922position: firstdoi
The Neural Representation of Force across Grasp Types in Motor Cortex of Humans with Tetraplegia
eNeuro 2021cited by 20position: middledoi
Hand Knob Area of Premotor Cortex Represents the Whole Body in a Compositional Way
Cell 2020cited by 182position: firstdoi
Decoding spoken English from intracortical electrode arrays in dorsal precentral gyrus
Journal of Neural Engineering 2020cited by 110position: middledoi
Neural Representation of Observed, Imagined, and Attempted Grasping Force in Motor Cortex of Individuals with Chronic Tetraplegia
Scientific Reports 2020cited by 30position: middledoi
Speech-related dorsal motor cortex activity does not interfere with iBCI cursor control
Journal of Neural Engineering 2020cited by 29position: middledoi
High-performance brain-to-text communication via imagined handwriting
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2020cited by 24position: firstdoi
Decoding spoken English phonemes from intracortical electrode arrays in dorsal precentral gyrus
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2020cited by 7position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Leigh R. Hochberg · Allen Institute for Brain Science40 papers (2016–2026)Jaimie M. Henderson · Stanford University35 papers (2016–2026)Krishna V. Shenoy · Stanford University27 papers (2016–2025)Donald T. Avansino · Neurosciences Institute24 papers (2018–2026)Sergey D. Stavisky · Georgia Institute of Technology17 papers (2018–2026) · 13 papers (2023–2026)Robert F. Kirsch · Neurological Surgery11 papers (2016–2021)A. Bolu Ajiboye · Case Western Reserve University11 papers (2016–2021)Brian Murphy · Case Western Reserve University11 papers (2016–2021)William D. Memberg · Case Western Reserve University11 papers (2016–2021)Jonathan P. Miller · SUNY Upstate Medical University11 papers (2016–2021)Paymon G. Rezaii · Tulane University10 papers (2018–2021)Shaul Druckmann · Palo Alto University10 papers (2019–2026)Guy H Wilson · University of California, Berkeley9 papers (2019–2025) · 8 papers (2023–2026)Benjamin L. Walter · Technische Hochschule Ulm8 papers (2016–2021)Chethan Pandarinath · Center for Neuro-Oncology8 papers (2016–2026)Jennifer A. Sweet · Neurological Surgery7 papers (2016–2021)John D. Simeral · John Brown University7 papers (2016–2025)David M. Brandman · Georgia Institute of Technology7 papers (2023–2026)