Enhancing Human Performance
This National Research Council report, published in 1988, asks a blunt question about techniques that claim to improve human performance, namely whether the evidence for them holds up. The committee reviews the relevant materials, describes each technique, makes recommendations in some cases for further scientific research and investigation, and notes applications in military and industrial settings. An early chapter on evaluation issues frames how such claims should be judged, and the findings and conclusions appear before the detailed reviews rather than after them. The techniques address a wide range of goals, from enhancing classroom learning to improving creativity and motor skills. The psychological half of the volume takes in learning, motor skills, the altering of mental states, stress management and social processes. A separate part of the report is given to parapsychological techniques and the evidence for paranormal phenomena. Appendices summarise the theory, research and applications for each technique, list the background papers and set out military applications of scientific information.
Written from the publisher's description and table of contents at the National Academies Press.
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