Military Leadership in the Age of Cognitive Warfare
Journal: International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security
Year: 2026

In many definitions of cognitive warfare, it is highlighted that the target is human mind, and not only the contents of it but the various cognitive processes, such as attention and decision making. The aim in cognitive warfare is often defined to be the influencing of how individuals think, not what they think. Social media is often mentioned as one of the main platforms by which these cognitive influence operations are conducted, possibly enhanced with big data analytics and artificial intelli