UF Receives Up to $8.4 Million From DoD to Study Brain Training Using Electric Stimulation
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 16:41
in Mathematics & Economics
The U.S. Defense Department is looking for ways to speed up cognitive skills training -- the types of skills useful for specialists such as linguists, intelligence analysts and cryptographers -- and is awarding University of Florida engineers and neuroscientists up to $8.4 million over the next four years to investigate how to do that by applying electrical stimulation to peripheral nerves as a means of strengthening neuronal connections in the brain.