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News | Aug. 17, 2026

Beyond Cognitive Screening: Toward a Paradigm of Neurocognitive Health, Operational Protection and Enablement of Military Personnel

By Dr. James Giordano EC Neurology

Read Dr. James Giordano's article in the EC Neurology journal that discusses the recent announcement that the DoW will replace the long-serving Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM) with a next-generation cognitive monitoring. This essay posits that these capabilities should be constituent to a new enterprise of precision neurocognitive health; and proposes a paradigmatic approach, NeuroHOPE (Neurocognitive Health, Operational Protection, and Enablement).

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