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All Your Brain Are Belong To Us: Neuroscience Goes To War

All Your Brain Are Belong To Us: Neuroscience Goes To War | Science News | Scoop.it
The Royal Society has just released a fascinating report entitled “Neuroscience, Conflict and Security” that examines the increasing role that neuroscientific research is playing in the milit...
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Darpa's magic plan: 'Battlefield illusions' to mess with enemy minds (Wired UK)

Darpa's magic plan: 'Battlefield illusions' to mess with enemy minds (Wired UK) | Science News | Scoop.it
Arthur C.Clarke once famously quipped that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”...
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Neuroscientists explore how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others

Neuroscientists explore how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others | Science News | Scoop.it

“What are the psychological barriers that are put up between us in these contexts of intergroup conflict, and then, critically, what can we do to get past them?” Bruneau asks.

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The brain, next weapon of mass destruction

The brain, next weapon of mass destruction | Science News | Scoop.it
Boston: One by one, the disciplines of science have lost their innocence. For chemistry, the defining moment came during World War I, when the Germans unleashed an asphyxiating wall of chlorine gas on French troops.
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Could the wars of the future be fought with mind control?

Could the wars of the future be fought with mind control? | Science News | Scoop.it
Neuroscientists have made huge breakthroughs in our understanding of the inner workings of the mind, particularly how various regions of the brain are linked to specific cognitive processes.

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Future Wars May Be Fought By Synapses - Science News

Future Wars May Be Fought By Synapses - Science News | Science News | Scoop.it

Instead of the indiscriminate destruction of the atom bomb or napalm, the signature weapon of future wars may be precise, unprecedented control over the human brain. As global conflicts become murkier, technologies based on infiltrating brains may soon enter countries’ arsenals, neuroethicists claim in a paper published online October 31 in Synesis. Such “neuroweapons” have the capacity to profoundly change the way war is fought.

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