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As part of a continuing relationship with the TIGER standing committee, the IC identified neurophysiological research, and especially technologies associated with that research -- the study and integration of cognitive neuroscience, psychology, sociology, and neuropsychopharmacology -- as a field that could pose strategic implications for U.S. national security. Box 1-1 provides the study statement of task.
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to assess the health, rate of development, and degree of innovation in the neurophysiology and cognitive/neural science research areas of interest, and • Amplify the technology warning methodology to illustrate the ways in which neurophysiological and cognitive/neural research conducted in selected countries may affect committee assessments. Advances in neurophysiological research could lead to asymmetric advantages in detecting psychological states, including deception, and the pharma ceutical enhancement or degradation of individual and group performance, as well as the development of human-machine interfaces, any or all of which could give an individual a performance edge.
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This could lead to asymmetric advances outside traditional science, perhaps in the detection of deception, in the modification, enhancement, or degradation of individual and group performance, and in man– machine interfaces that amplify human capabilities. Though the United States and Western Europe have historically led the world in cognitive neuroscience research, programs in other countries are clearly advancing rapidly as the result of increased international collaboration and financial support. Many of these countries are believed to be directing their research resources toward certain niche areas, such as unconventional uses for pharmaceuticals; real-time brain-machine interfaces; far-field and noncontact brain imaging technologies; and fusion of advanced software and processing applied to nonmedical applications.
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personnel asking the IC and the neuroscience community specific questions, the answers to which may have a variety of applications, such as the following: • Can cognitive states and intentions of persons of interest be read? Decision makers might ask members of the IC a question such as this: "How can I know what someone knows?
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Chapter 3 builds on Chapter 2 by illustrating emerging areas of c ognitive-behavioral neuroscience technologies. Chapter 4 showcases two disciplines, neuroethics and the cultural underpinnings of social neuroscience, that could assist intelligence analysts by providing a larger context beyond fixed definitions of cognitive-behavioral neuroscience.
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