ABSTRACT
From Leonardo da Vinci’s tank and Galileo’s military compass to the Manhattan Project and human terrain teams, the relationship between science and the military has enjoyed a long history. We should expect the neurosciences to be co-opted for and into national security and defense use as well, and there are already efforts underway toward such ends (National Research Council 2008). As elucidated in the chapters of this volume, neuroimaging technologies are being utilized for intelligence, neuropharmacological mechanisms are being investigated to enhance warghter performance, and brains-machine integration is being developed to facilitate training and engage remote cognitive augmentation (see also Huang and Kosal 2008). Jonathan Moreno has conveniently referred to the intersection of neuroscience and the military as “neurosecurity” (Moreno 2006).
