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The Committee was charged with identifying areas of cognitive neuroscience and related technologies that will develop over the next two decades and could have military applications that might be of interest to the intelligence community and more especially to the overlap of military intelligence. The report reviews the current state of neurophysiological and cognitive/neural science, highlights work that could be of interest, applies the warning methodology developed in the 2005 report Avoiding Surprise in an Era of Global Technology Advances, and suggests how research in various countries may affect the Committee's assessment. No index is provided. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies, from the National Research Council, identifies and explores several specific research areas that have implications for U.S. national security, and should therefore be monitored consistently by the intelligence community. These areas include: neurophysiological advances in detecting and measuring indicators of psychological states and intentions of individuals; the development of drugs or technologies that can alter human physical or cognitive abilities; advances in real-time brain imaging; and breakthroughs in high-performance computing and neuronal modeling that could allow researchers to develop systems which mimic functions of the human brain, particularly the ability to organize disparate forms of data.A key tool for the intelligence community, this book will also be a useful resource for the health industry, the military, and others with a vested interest in technologies such as brain imaging and cognitive or physical enhancers.
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