Presents state-of-the-art neuroscience data in a format that is comprehensible and informative for readers of diverse backgrounds. It not only details human behaviors and perception, but also provides concise brain imagery and physiological findings to support its conclusions. In addition, the incorporation of the US Army soldier model of extreme stress and extreme performance demands provides a real-life theme that anchors the scientific, organizational, assessment and response aspects of each chapter. This book synthesizes hard facts with real-life accounts of performing under stress and shows how a large oversight institution like the US Army can measure and improve human factors considerations for its members.

Introduction / Steve Kornguth -- Promises and challenges in translating neurofunctional research for army applications / Richard J. Genik II -- Modeling the impact of workload in network centric supervisory control settings / Mary L. Cummings and C.E. Nehme -- Systematic measurements of human behavior in naturalistic settings / Matthew Rizzo and Joan Severson -- Noninvasive monitoring of brain function with near infrared light / Andrew K. Dunn -- Individual differences to sleep deprivation vulnerability and the neural connection with task strategy, metacognition, visual spatial attention, and white matter differences / Matthew Rocklage ... [et al.] -- Identification and prediction of substantial differential vulnerability to the neurobehavioral effects of sleep loss / David F. Dinges and Namni Goel -- Sustaining performance : the other side of sleep / Robert Stickgold -- Factors affecting mnemonic performance in a nonhuman primate model of cognitive workload / Robert E. Hampson and Sam A. Deadwyler -- Systems neuroscience approaches to measure brain mechanisms underlying resilience -- towards optimizing performance / Martin P. Paulus ... [et al.] -- The cognitive neuroscience of insight and its antecedents / John Kounios and Mark Beeman -- Decision-making under risk and stress : developing a testable model / Richard Gonzalez and Israel Liberzon -- Brain processes during expert cognitive-motor performance : the impact of mental stress and emotion regulation / Bradley D. Hatfield and Amy J. Haufler -- Military operations : humans not machines make the difference / James L. Merlo -- Is supraphysiological enhancement possible, and what are the downsides? / Karl E. Friedl -- The US Army future concept for the human dimension : chief human dimension executive summary / Steven Chandler -- Sustaining performance in mass casualty environments / Annette Sobel -- Neuropsychiatry and aviation safety / Robert R. Ireland -- Closing remarks : realization of existing capabilities in sustaining performance / Rebecca M. Steinberg, Michael D. Matthews and Steve Kornguth.