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About this paper
Bonnie Rushing, William Hersch, Shouhuai Xu
This research defines cognitive warfare as a sustained and adaptive contest over human decision-making, proposing a Multi-Horizon Cognitive OODA framework. It distinguishes between acute and chronic cognitive effects within an interactive attacker-defender model, providing a decision-centric approach for evaluating cognitive contests and defining cognitive superiority.
Key insights
- Cognitive warfare is fundamentally a sustained, adaptive contest over human decision-making, involving both short-term (acute) OODA disruption and long-term (chronic) conditioning of fundamental beliefs and trust.
- Evaluating success in cognitive warfare requires decision-centric metrics that assess changes in OODA performance and sustained comparative advantage, rather than just exposure or engagement.
- The interaction between acute and chronic cognitive effects is crucial, where chronic conditioning can re-parameterize the baseline conditions for immediate OODA cycle performance.
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