People use cognitive skills to do things like pay attention, process information, do several things at once, detect and understand patterns, remember instructions, organize information and much more.

Targeted Neuroplasticity trained researchers will try to identify physiological mechanisms that might allow them to enhance natural learning by electrically stimulating peripheral nerves -- those that connect neurons in the brain and spinal cord to organs, skin and muscles -- to make the brain more adaptive during key points in the learning process.

How are people incited into political violence and wars? 

How can security threats be understood and prevented by better comprehending a local culture?

In order to conduct this investigation we examine five 

interconnected goals. One involves assessing the impact of narrative on 

learning and identity. 

How do convincing narratives impact identity-related judgments, such as recognizing and trusting

 the storyteller as part of your cultural or "in" group.

Another field of study involves examining how narratives influence "moral neurobiology." 

This implies that groups will consider how a narrative can evoke guilt and 

innocence, and also how a listener decides whether an action is moral or not, 

based on the narrative their brain is processing.

A third is the intertwining of the biology of narratives and emotions in terms of 

our neuron signals, how listening to a narrative can impact the biology of 

emotions like empathy, sympathy or outrage and disgust, leading

 to impulsive reactions.

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