Cognitive Manipulation and Other Abilities
Electromagnetic weapons, as well as microwave auditory weapons (or any "below-the-threshold-of-awareness" weapons), have also been proven to have the following effect:
Affect on Automaticity
DEFINITION: "Automaticity is the ability to effortlessly complete everyday tasks with low interference of other simultaneous activities and without conscious thought to step-by-step process. When the brain recognizes familiar tasks it processes the information and applies the correct rules to the procedure in order to reduce the demand on the working memory and allow for higher order processing of information."
The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
EFFECT: "Ten years ago, researchers demonstrated that subliminal messages do indeed affect human cognition — and showed the limits of that influence [1]. The study demonstrated that, to have an effect on a person’s decision, the subliminal message had to be received very, very soon before that decision (a tenth of a second or less), and the person had to be forced to make the decision very quickly. Moreover, there was no memory trace detectable, indicating no permanent record was stored in memory" (This is not subliminal persuasion or subliminal messaging as most people understand it...)
March 2007 Issue TheMemoryKey.com
WHAT THIS MEANS: Any below-the-range-of-awareness/below-the-absolute-threshhold acoustic effect can influence split-second decision-making. Used in a military setting, it could negatively affect or enhance performance.