Reports on research by Dr. Jay Heslen into the phenomena of “neurocognitive hacking,” an emerging technique in sentiment manipulation and information warfare:

“Successfully manipulating the cognition of a few thousand people in order to influence their perception of events could be enough to change the result of an election.”

Read more:

Heslen, J. J. (2020). Neurocognitive hacking: A new capability in cyber conflict? Politics and the Life Sciences 39(1):87-100. https://doi.org/10.1017/pls.2020.3

Takahashi, A. (2018, Oct. 18). The next threat to election meddling? Brain hacking. JagWire. https://jagwire.augusta.edu/the-next-threat-to-election-meddling-brain-hacking/