Neuroscience Goes to War
June 5, 2009
A familiar concept in military training is that of leveling individual differences so that, at least in terms of some minimal set of skills and preparedness, each service member is capable of replacing another. But the National Research Council has released a report, Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications, that suggests tailoring individual soldiers’ training to recent discoveries about the brain from modern neuroscience can provide valuable advances in military instruction. (Science Progress)
