Enhancing Neuroplasticity
Abstract
The DoD needs tools to rapidly and effectively train military personnel in multifaceted and complex tasks. The Enhancing Neuroplasticity program explored and developed peripheral nerve stimulation methods and non-invasive devices to promote synaptic plasticity for improved learning paradigms. Key advances from this research include an anatomical and functional map of the underlying biological circuitry that mediates plasticity, as well as successful stimulation and training protocols to enable long-term retention for military personnel. Underlying mechanisms of targeted plasticity training were successfully identified and leveraged to inform intervention parameters that have been applied to a broad range of cognitive skill training within the DoD, including foreign language learning and intelligence analysis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- e41845b59dd8eb25113086b603068bd2