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Overview

Andrew B. Schwartz is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans Neuroscience and Engineering, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. Additional subfields include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work revolves around topics such as EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, and Neural dynamics and brain function. Other notable research interests include Health disparities and outcomes, Employment and Welfare Studies, and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Andrew B. Schwartz has contributed to a range of publications, with research appearing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Bioelectronic Medicine, Nature Reviews Methods Primers, PLoS ONE, and Scientific Reports.

  • Historical perspectives, challenges, and future directions of implantable brain-computer interfaces for sensorimotor applications (2021, Bioelectronic Medicine)
  • In vivo microelectrode arrays for neuroscience (2025, Nature Reviews Methods Primers)
  • Crisis response during the COVID-19 pandemic: Changes in social contact and social participation of older Americans (2023, PLoS ONE)
  • A Generalist Intracortical Motor Decoder (2025, bioRxiv - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Tuning of task-relevant stiffness in multiple directions (2025, Scientific Reports)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Hongwei Mao, Jennifer L. Collinger, Robert A. Gaunt, Santosh Chandrasekaran, and Matthew S. Fifer.

Frequent publication venues for Andrew B. Schwartz include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bioelectronic Medicine
  • Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Reports

Their research contributions address foundational and applied aspects of brain-computer interfaces, microelectrode array technologies, and neural decoding, as well as the impact of sociological factors on health during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Publications

  • Neuronal Population Coding of Movement Direction

    Apostolos P. Georgopoulos;Andrew B. Schwartz;Ronald E. Kettner

  • Direct cortical control of 3d neuroprosthetic devices

    Dawn M. Taylor;Andrew B. Schwartz

  • High-performance neuroprosthetic control by an individual with tetraplegia

    Jennifer L Collinger;Brian Wodlinger;John E Downey;Wei Wang

  • Cortical control of a prosthetic arm for self-feeding

    Meel Velliste;Sagi Perel;Sagi Perel;M. Chance Spalding;M. Chance Spalding;Andrew S. Whitford;Andrew S. Whitford

  • Mental rotation of the neuronal population vector.

    Apostolos P. Georgopoulos;Joseph T. Lurito;Michael Petrides;Andrew B. Schwartz

  • Primate motor cortex and free arm movements to visual targets in three-dimensional space. II. Coding of the direction of movement by a neuronal population.

    AP Georgopoulos;RE Kettner;AB Schwartz

  • Brain-Controlled Interfaces: Movement Restoration with Neural Prosthetics

    Andrew B. Schwartz;X. Tracy Cui;Douglas J J. Weber;Daniel W. Moran

  • Motor Cortical Representation of Speed and Direction During Reaching

    Daniel W. Moran;Andrew B. Schwartz

  • Primate motor cortex and free arm movements to visual targets in three-dimensional space. I. Relations between single cell discharge and direction of movement.

    AB Schwartz;RE Kettner;AP Georgopoulos

  • CORTICAL NEURAL PROSTHETICS

    Andrew B Schwartz

  • Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex

    Sharlene N. Flesher;Jennifer L. Collinger;Stephen T. Foldes;Stephen T. Foldes;Jeffrey M. Weiss

  • Ten-dimensional anthropomorphic arm control in a human brain?machine interface: difficulties, solutions, and limitations

    B Wodlinger;J E Downey;E C Tyler-Kabara;A B Schwartz

  • An Electrocorticographic Brain Interface in an Individual with Tetraplegia

    Wei Wang;Jennifer L. Collinger;Jennifer L. Collinger;Alan D Degenhart;Elizabeth C Tyler-Kabara

  • Direct cortical representation of drawing

    Andrew B. Schwartz

  • Cognitive spatial-motor processes. 3. Motor cortical prediction of movement direction during an instructed delay period.

    Apostolos P Georgopoulos;M. D. Crutcher;A. B. Schwartz

  • Functional network reorganization during learning in a brain-computer interface paradigm

    Beata Jarosiewicz;Steven M. Chase;Steven M. Chase;George W. Fraser;George W. Fraser;Meel Velliste;Meel Velliste

  • Motor cortical activity during drawing movements: population representation during lemniscate tracing.

    Andrew B. Schwartz;Daniel W. Moran

  • Primate motor cortex and free arm movements to visual targets in three-dimensional space. III. Positional gradients and population coding of movement direction from various movement origins.

    R. E. Kettner;A. B. Schwartz;Apostolos P Georgopoulos

  • Neural Interface Technology for Rehabilitation: Exploiting and Promoting Neuroplasticity

    Wei Wang;Jennifer L. Collinger;Jennifer L. Collinger;Monica A. Perez;Elizabeth C. Tyler-Kabara

  • Information conveyed through brain-control: cursor versus robot

    D.M. Taylor;S.I.H. Tillery;A.B. Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel W. Moran
Daniel W. Moran Washington University in St. Louis
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos University of Minnesota
Douglas J. Weber
Douglas J. Weber Carnegie Mellon University
Fay B. Horak
Fay B. Horak Oregon Health & Science University
Leonardo G. Cohen
Leonardo G. Cohen National Institutes of Health
Mikhail A. Lebedev
Mikhail A. Lebedev Moscow State University
Sliman J. Bensmaia
Sliman J. Bensmaia University of Chicago
Monica A. Perez
Monica A. Perez Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Niels Birbaumer
Niels Birbaumer University of Tübingen
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis Duke University

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