Brain stimulation to help US drone operators, airmen perform better at multitasking – study

‘Many military jobs are mentally draining, so much so that US military scientists have developed a device to improve the cognitive abilities of servicemen by sending electrical pulses to specific parts of the brain’s cortex to help neurons fire.
Scientists at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio found in their study that personnel’s performance drops soon after they start work if the job is too stressful.
“Within the air force, various operations such as remotely piloted and manned aircraft operations require a human operator to monitor and respond to multiple events simultaneously over a long period of time,” the study says.’
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