Emerging Technologies, Ethics and International Affairs
Contents
Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Advances in neuroscience; 1.2 Large-scale government brain initiatives; 1.2.1 The BRAIN initiative; 1.2.2 The Human Brain Project and similar projects; 1.2.3 The military interest in neuroscience; 1.2.4 DARPA and other acknowledged military neuroscience projects; 1.3 The scope of the book; 1.3.1 The concept of the 'neuroweapon'; 1.3.2 Related areas and other definitions; 1.4 Chapter overview; 2 Cold War brain research and germ warfare
2.1 CIA 'mind control' research2.1.1 Origins of modern mind control; 2.1.2 Bluebird and Artichoke; 2.1.3 MK ULTRA; 2.1.4 The LSD experiments; 2.1.5 Psychic driving; 2.1.6 Other MK ULTRA-related projects; 2.2 Chemical and biological warfare research connections; 2.2.1 Project MK NAOMI; 2.2.2 Edgewood Arsenal experiments; 2.2.3 Biological warfare simulations in the US; 2.3 Electromagnetic 'mind control' research; 2.3.1 The 'Moscow signal'; 2.3.2 Project Pandora; 2.4 Brain implants; 2.4.1 Animal experiments; 2.4.2 Remote brain control
2.4.3 Field testing Cameron's and Heath's research in Vietnam2.5 Extrasensory perception (ESP) research; 2.5.1 Soviet parapsychology research; 2.5.2 CIA parapsychology research; 2.5.3 Project Stargate; 2.5.4 How real is ESP?; 2.6 Conclusion; 3 Neuroscientific enhancement; 3.1 Neuropharmaceuticals; 3.1.1 Nutrition and supplements; 3.1.2 Stimulants; 3.1.3 Psychiatric drugs; 3.1.4 Modelling the brain for drug development; 3.1.5 New methods of drug delivery; 3.2 Brain monitoring and stimulation; 3.2.1 Brain monitoring; 3.2.2 Brainwave entrainment (BWE)
3.2.3 Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)3.2.4 Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); 3.2.5 Transcranial pulsed ultrasound (TPU) stimulation; 3.2.6 Deep brain stimulation (DBS); 3.3 Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs); 3.3.1 Robotic prostheses and sensory implants; 3.3.2 Neurally triggered weapons; 3.3.3 Brain-to-brain interfaces (BBIs); 3.3.4 External control of human minds via BCIs; 3.3.5 Implanted ICT; 3.4 Genetic selection and enhancement; 3.4.1 Trait selection; 3.4.2 Gene doping; 3.4.3 Human genetic engineering; 3.5 Conclusion; 4 Intelligence and prediction
4.1 Strategic intelligence4.1.1 Better understanding of foreign cultures; 4.1.2 Cultural neuroscience; 4.2 Intelligence analysis and decision-making; 4.2.1 Intelligence analysis and neuroscience; 4.2.2 Neuro-cyber systems for intelligence analysis; 4.2.3 Neuroscience and AI; 4.3 Neuroscience and behavioural research; 4.3.1 Neuroscience insights into individual behaviour; 4.3.2 Predicting social dynamics; 4.3.3 The Sentient World Simulation; 4.4 Threat detection, identification and interrogation; 4.4.1 Threat detection; 4.4.2 Neuroscience and interrogation; 4.4.3 'Brain fingerprinting'
