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Tango0103 Nov 2020 1:21 p.m. PST

…Can Help Make Soldiers Better Learners.

"The Army wants to know if emotion and empathy can help make soldiers better learners.

To do that, they're looking for ways to "locate, track and trace" different learning traits through a technology development program known as the xTechSearch Brain Operant Learning Technology (BOLT) competition.

Geared to Army medical professionals, the tech development program looks at how to "unlock the brain and maximize performance," said Dr. Darrin Frye, medical simulation portfolio manager at the Army Medical Research Development Command…"
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15mm and 28mm Fanatik03 Nov 2020 4:32 p.m. PST

Teaching combatants how to be more touchy-feely and emotionally sensitive might not be such a good idea.

Oberlindes Sol LIC Supporting Member of TMP03 Nov 2020 7:21 p.m. PST

"I can't teach my boys to kill six days a week and expect them to behave themselves on Saturday night," or words to that effect, said by a famous American general.

Garryowen Supporting Member of TMP04 Nov 2020 8:42 a.m. PST

I confess I have not read the link, but the title of the post alone scares me. Glad I'm as old as I am.

I would hate to see an American soldier thirty years from now trying to fight the ChiComs.

Tom

Personal logo The Virtual Armchair General Sponsoring Member of TMP04 Nov 2020 12:21 p.m. PST

"Un-shared idealism is dangerous."--Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.

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Tango0104 Nov 2020 12:35 p.m. PST

(smile)

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Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP04 Nov 2020 6:59 p.m. PST

Do you think it is going to 30 years Garryowen?

Garryowen Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2020 8:10 a.m. PST

Shagnasty, I was being optimistic. Perhaps too much so.

Tom

COL Scott ret10 Nov 2020 1:09 a.m. PST

Geared to Army medical professionals, the tech development program looks at how to "unlock the brain and maximize performance," said Dr. Darrin Frye, medical simulation portfolio manager at the Army Medical Research Development Command.

"We're looking to the future and the future battlespace and the expectations that we're placing on our military medical providers," Frye told Army Times.

COL Scott ret10 Nov 2020 2:31 a.m. PST

So not really for the door kickers of the world.

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