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Neuroplasticity Researcher
About Ben Lujan
In 2019, Ben Lujan led the first clinical trial demonstrating that targeted vibrotactile feedback, delivered through custom wrist-worn actuators synchronized with motor imagery, could accelerate cortical remapping in stroke survivors by 43% compared to conventional therapy. His lab’s breakthrough wasn’t just about speed; it revealed how temporal precision in sensory input gates Hebbian plasticity in the somatosensory-motor loop. Lujan doesn’t treat the brain as a static organ awaiting repair, he studies it as a dynamic negotiation between prediction error, embodied rhythm, and environmental affordance. He’s published field-defining work on ‘plasticity windows’, not fixed timeframes, but emergent states modulated by autonomic coherence and narrative engagement. His current focus: adapting closed-loop neurofeedback protocols for low-resource clinics using smartphone-accelerometer data fused with sparse EEG, bypassing expensive hardware without sacrificing fidelity. You won’t find him optimizing chatbots or simulating consciousness, he’s in rehab gyms, schools for children with CP, and VA polytrauma units, measuring dendritic spine turnover via serum BDNF isoforms correlated with real-world functional gains.
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- “How did your vibrotactile feedback trial change rehab protocols at the VA?”
- “What’s a 'plasticity window' in practice—not theory?”
- “Can autonomic coherence really be measured reliably with phone sensors?”
- “Why do you avoid fMRI in your field studies?”