Neuro-HUMINT at the intersection of classical HUMINT and operational neuroscience
Neuro-HUMINT at the intersection of classical HUMINT and operational neuroscience

Summary/Abstract: Achieving and persistently maintaining maximum performance in the case of demanding professions is a complex and expensive process, but essential for the fulfillment of institutional tasks. In the NATO countries, there has been an increased interest in the integration of knowledge from the fields of operational neuroscience, occupational health and related areas in the training of military personnel (especially intelligence and SOF operators) in recent decades. The stated purpose of these selection and training programs is to ethically achieve cognitive dominance, physical supremacy and emotional resilience at the individual, team, human-AI-robot system level. The structure of personalized prevention, optimization/augmentation and resilience programs is based on the measurement and analysis of a large number of data from medical, functional, psychological, sociological evaluations, genetic, anthropometric parameters, etc. that generate a constellation of data analyzed through "bigdata" methodologies, with the use of ML algorithms and the identification of individual patterns. The objectives are achieved through precision and personalized interventions on a large number of modifiable factors (physiological, functional, behavioral, attitudinal, psychological) that are responsible for influencing the neurocognitive and psycho-social performances. In our paper we propose to present the main concepts, the history, the current good practices and a state-of-the-art in the extended field of operational neurosciences, as well as specific applications in the field of HUMINT-related intelligence operator training. Among the objectives of the neuro-humint training processes we mention: the identification of discrete, atypical and/or rare neuropsychological qualities that can offer competitive advantages in the humint field; persistent and secure non-invasive monitoring of physical and cognitive performance in the natural environment; accelerated learning using innovative methodologies and wearable neurotechnologies; developing the ability to creatively build atypical, non-linear, original tactical scenarios; continuous self-programming of stress resistance and emotional recovery; the rapid identification and threat assessment of the potential of neuroaugmented opponents or with special qualities.

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