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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Founded in 2016, Q30 Innovations is a neurotechnology company that develops neuromodulation technologies.
• Neuromodulation technologies use neural interfaces to stimulate nervous system structures and influence neural activity.
• Founded in 2009, BrainGate is a neurotechnology company that develops neuroprostheses.
• Neuroprostheses act as replacement brain functions to restore the user’s lost sensory, motor, or neural functions.
• Founded in 2017, NextMind is a neurotechnology company that develops brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).
• BCIs interpret and execute brain signals to allow users to control external software or hardware with their thoughts.

The student wants to contrast the type of neurotechnology Q30 Innovations develops with the type of neurotechnology BrainGate develops. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Neuromodulation technologies use neural interfaces to stimulate nervous system structures and influence neural activity, whereas neuroprostheses allow users to control external software or hardware with their thoughts.

B

Founded in 2016, Q30 Innovations develops technology for stimulating nervous system structures, which, unlike BrainGate and NextMind, is categorized as a neuroprosthetic.

C

Unlike BrainGate, which develops neurotechnology, Q30 Innovations develops neuromodulation technologies.

D

Neuromodulation technologies influence neural activity, but they don’t restore sensory, motor, or neural functions as neuroprostheses do.