This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Brain-computer interface" :
- To illustrate the subject in question
- Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
- On the English-language Wikipedia ([1]), hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit
Wikimedia Foundation ([2]),
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed fair use rationale.
Source of image
This image is contained on the website of Theodore Berger at [3] whose research is described in this article.
NB: Theodore Berger's website contains a link to a wikipedia article where his research is also documented (
Description of image
The image shows an experimental animal (rat) used in the research described in Brain-computer interface.
Fair use for Brain-computer interface
This image, MouseBCI.jpg, is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright as I (Saganaki-) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It illustrates important research described in the article
- the photo is only being used for informational purposes
- Use of the image will not devalue the original research or impair the copyright owner's ability to exploit his original work
For full information on this image, see its image description page on Wikipedia.





