Publications & Research

For over a decade, the Advanced Brain Monitoring team has led or partnered in clinical research studies resulting in over 50 publications. In the past year, our strong and growing technical team of PhD- and masters-level hardware engineers, biostatisticians, software engineers and clinical study design experts added three more peer-reviewed findings published in internationally accredited journals to our library. While the study topics and outcomes are wide ranging, the results of each were driven by ABM developed technology including the B-Alert wireless-EEG systems.

Abstract:
The paper explores the psychophysiological metrics during expert and novice performance in marksmanship, combat deadly-force judgment & decision making (DFJDM), and in interactions of teams. EEG and ECG are used to characterize the psychophysiological profiles within all categories. Closed loop biofeedback was administered to accelerate learning during marksmanship training in which results show a difference in groups who received feedback compared to the control. During known distance marksmanship and DFJDM scenarios experts show superior ability to control physiology to meet the demands of the task. Expertise in teaming scenarios is characterized by higher levels of cohesiveness than seen in novices.

Abstract:
Cognitive Neurophysiologic synchronies (NS) are low level data streams derived from Electroencephalography (EEG) measurements that can be collected and analyzed in near real time and in realistic settings. The objective of this study was to relate the expression of NS for Engagement to the frequency of conversation between team members during Submarine Piloting and Navigation (SPAN) simulations.