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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 2009. Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12500.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 2009. Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12500.
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Appendix B Committee Meetings FIRST MEETING, DECEMBER 17-18, 2007, Virtual Reality Applications for Motor Rehabilitation WASHINGTON, D.C. Albert “Skip” Rizzo, Institute of Creative Technologies Neuroscience for Future Army Applications—Human Dynamical Models of Decision Making Dimension Implications James L. McClelland, Stanford University BG Peter Palmer, U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center Electrophysiological Measures and Cognitive Efficiency Steven A. Hillyard, University of California at San Diego Army Science and Technology Thomas Killion, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Neuroscience of Cognition Advances and Opportunities (Research and Technology) G. Ron Mangun, University of California at Davis ARL Research in Neuroscience VRPSYCH Lab: Virtual Reality and Neuropsychology Kaleb McDowell, Army Research Laboratory Thomas D. Parsons, Institute of Creative Technologies Medical Research and Materiel Command Research in Neuroscience THIRD MEETING, APRIL 28-29, 2008, Thomas Balkin, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research WASHINGTON, D.C. ARI Overview Brief SECOND MEETING, FEBRUARY 12-13, 2008, Michelle Sams, U.S. Army Research Institute for the IRVINE, CALIFORNIA Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) Decision Under Uncertainty Technology Watch Functional Brain Imaging, ARO MURI Craig Fox, University of California at Los Angeles 2008, Expertise in Online Forums, Basic Research at ARI Joseph Psotka, ARI Affective Decision Making Antoine Bechara, University of Southern California, Selective Instruments for Flight Training College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences Larry Katz, ARI Opportunities Offered by Bayesian Decision Theory Identifying Experts in the Detection of IED Applied to Human Movement Jennifer Murphy, ARI Konrad Kording, Northwestern University Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, Learning in Decision Making: Army Opportunities Critical Military Medical Technologies Nathaniel Daw, New York University Col Carl Friedl, Army Medical Research and Materiel Command The Neuroscience of Virtual Humans Jonathan Gratch, Institute of Creative Technologies 110

APPENDIX B 111 FOURTH MEETING, JUNE 29-30, 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C. Briefing to NRC Neuroscience Meeting Amy Kruse, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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Advances and major investments in the field of neuroscience can enhance traditional behavioral science approaches to training, learning, and other applications of value to the Army. Neural-behavioral indicators offer new ways to evaluate how well an individual trainee has assimilated mission critical knowledge and skills, and can also be used to provide feedback on the readiness of soldiers for combat. Current methods for matching individual capabilities with the requirements for performing high-value Army assignments do not include neuropsychological, psychophysiological, neurochemical or neurogenetic components; simple neuropsychological testing could greatly improve training success rates for these assignments.

Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications makes 17 recommendations that focus on utilizing current scientific research and development initiatives to improve performance and efficiency, collaborating with pharmaceutical companies to employ neuropharmaceuticals for general sustainment or enhancement of soldier performance, and improving cognitive and behavioral performance using interdisciplinary approaches and technological investments. An essential guide for the Army, this book will also be of interest to other branches of military, national security and intelligence agencies, academic and commercial researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and others interested in applying the rapid advances in neuroscience to the performance of individual and group tasks.

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