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(U) The Journal ofCognitive Neuroscience contains at least one article of interest to the CSP each issue.
This discipline is where most of the cognitive work with the neuromagnetism is conducted. The CSP has
already discussed the possibility of a collaborative effort with researchers at the NIH.
(U) Stanford University has been conducting research on internal imagery. The manipulation and con-
trol of internal imagery is extremely important in understanding the source of internal noise during an
AC session and a collaborative effort with Stanford should yield immediate results in noise reduction.
(U) As was mentioned in Section 1.1.5 (i.e.Analysis), artificial intelligence has been studying both ele-
ment with regard to AC analysis—natural scenes and natural language. While artificial vision may not
yield immediate results, some of the aspects of scene analysis would contribute.
(U) Neuronetworks have already been used successfully in AP research.33 These networks are particu-
larly good at recognizing subtle patterns in complex data, and are being applied in the subjective arena
of decision making in business.34 In order to improve AC analysis, the CSP will conduct a collaborative
effort with other SAIC scientists who are active in neuronetwork research and with selected individuals
who have had success with highly subjective data.
(U) Statistics is the heart ofAC research in that most of the results are usually in statistical terms. Hy-
pothesis testing has traditionally been the primary focus, but there are other possible approaches that
should be explored.
Statistics researchers at Harvard have expressed interest in contributing to a CSP
research effort
(U) A major portion of the CSP’s effort will be a search for an AC evoked response in the brain. Sophis-
ticated signal processing is required in that magnetic signals from the brain can not be easily character-
ized by standard statistical practices. 10 Thus many of the traditional signal analysis methods are invalid.
Los Alamos National Laboratory has expressed interest in contributing in this domain.
(U) Classical statistical thermodynamics may be the heart of understanding the nature of an AC source
of information. As was mentioned in the Historical Background section above, a concept called entropy
may be related to what is sensed by AC. The CSP intends to collaborate with a variety of university
physics departments to calculate the appropriate parameters.
(U) Researching the nature of quantum reality involves understanding the mechanisms and definitions
ofwhat constitutes a measurement. The earlier CSP publication provided valuable insight into the role
of consciousness in determining quantum reality; however, a number of single -neutron experiments
should be conducted. Researchers at an Austrian university in Vienna, have been studying the effects of
very slow neutrons.35
Their experiments are particularly suited for the study of conscious effects on
single particles.
(U) As was mentioned in Section 1.1.7 (i.e., Basic Research), physics research has indicated that it may
be possible for information to travel backward in time.25 The physics department at the California
Institute of Technology has been the center for this research in general relativity. The CSP will collabo-
rate with them to calculate time— reversed information flow parameters.
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In Section 1.1.6, we discussed how AC data in support of operational activity should be consid-
ered as just one additional source of HUMINT data.
If the CSP, working with appropriate government
agencies, could bf successful at that task, then the infrastructure already exists for seamless integration
into the intelligence community.
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(S/NF) This report has described a multi-facited, integrated, long-term basic and applied research
plan.
If all the topics are fully implemented in parallel, the plan entails an effort of approximately 125
man-years over the next five years. This includes a prime contractor, a large variety of subcontractors,
appropriate hardware, support, and significant collaboration with appropriate government agencies in
support and development of intelligenceapplications.
(S/NF) The CSP recommends a graduated effort that builds upon the previous and current program
toward the fully implemented research endeavor in the next few years. The program provides for many
mileposts checks not only to effectively direct the research, but also to determine its level of effort. The
CSP further recommends that the government maintain significant policy oversight and direct that the
technical effort be closely monitored by a panel of scientific experts.
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