title: Non-invasive brain stimulation can induce paradoxical facilitation. Are these neuroenhancements transferable and meaningful to security services?
abstract: For ages, we have been looking for ways to enhance our physical and cognitive capacities in order to augment our security. One potential way to enhance our capacities may be to externally stimulate the brain. Methods of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS), such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial electrical stimulation (tES), have been recently developed to modulate brain activity. Both techniques are relatively safe and can transiently modify motor and cognitive functions outlasting the stimulation period. The purpose of this paper is to review data suggesting that NIBS can enhance motor and cognitive performance in healthy volunteers. We frame these findings in the context of whether they may serve security purposes. Specifically, we review studies reporting that NIBS induces paradoxical facilitation in motor (precision, speed, strength, acceleration endurance, and execution of daily motor task) and cognitive functions (attention, impulsive behavior, risk-taking, working memory, planning, and deceptive capacities). Although transferability and meaningfulness of these NIBS-induced paradoxical facilitations into real-life situations are not clear yet, NIBS may contribute at improving training of motor and cognitive functions relevant for military, civil, and forensic security services. This is an enthusiastic perspective that also calls for fair and open debates on the ethics of using NIBS in healthy individuals to enhance normal functions.
authors: Faculté de Médecine, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et en Intégration Sociale, Centre de Recherche del'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Université Laval Quebec City, QC, Canada.
authors: Jean
authors: J
authors: Levasseur-Moreau
authors: Jerome
authors: J
authors: Brunelin
authors: Shirley
authors: S
authors: Fecteau
keywords: cognitive function; motor function; neuroenhancement; non-invasive brain stimulation; security; transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); transcranial magnetic stimulation
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