Jonathan D. Moreno has written a book about using the human mind as a tool in military conflicts, Mind Wars. The book touches upon new technologies which changing the wartime uses of the mind, including:
Neuropharmacology and the battlefield
Viruses to addle the brains of the enemy
Neural imaging
Brain-machine interfaces
Moving robots with the mind
Reading brain thought patterns at a distance
Alertness enhancing drugs
Drugs to reduce the emotional reactions of soldiers engaged in violence
Use of hypersonic sound to disable the enemy
He recognizes that these technologies may lead to a "national security state"
He reviews the importance of the CIA in 1950s behavioral science research
He details the history of behavioral science involvement in interrogation techniques
Background of the Author:
Jonathan Moreno holds the David and Lyn Silfen chair at the University of Pennsylvania as one of the Penn Integrates Knowledge professors. He is also Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, of History and Sociology of Science, and of Philosophy. In 2008-09 he served as a member of President Barack Obama's transition team. Moreno is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and is a National Associate of the National Research Council. He has testified before both houses of Congress. He edits the magazine Science Progress. He advises various foundations and agencies. He has several published books and hundreds of papers and reviews.
Further details and reviews are available at Amazon.com at:
http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Wars-Research-National-Defense/dp/1932594167
Viruses to addle the brains of the enemy
Neural imaging
Brain-machine interfaces
Moving robots with the mind
Reading brain thought patterns at a distance
Alertness enhancing drugs
Drugs to reduce the emotional reactions of soldiers engaged in violence
Use of hypersonic sound to disable the enemy
He recognizes that these technologies may lead to a "national security state"
He reviews the importance of the CIA in 1950s behavioral science research
He details the history of behavioral science involvement in interrogation techniques
Background of the Author:
Jonathan Moreno holds the David and Lyn Silfen chair at the University of Pennsylvania as one of the Penn Integrates Knowledge professors. He is also Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, of History and Sociology of Science, and of Philosophy. In 2008-09 he served as a member of President Barack Obama's transition team. Moreno is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and is a National Associate of the National Research Council. He has testified before both houses of Congress. He edits the magazine Science Progress. He advises various foundations and agencies. He has several published books and hundreds of papers and reviews.
Further details and reviews are available at Amazon.com at:
http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Wars-Research-National-Defense/dp/1932594167
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