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Cognitive Command is a revolutionary approach to mental mindset training that targets the back-channel (referred to as the subconscious, unconscious, and nonconscious) brain. The system is based on the core principles of cognitive neuroscience and is backed by more than a decade of research and nearly 40 academic studies. The training works by expanding an officer’s perceptual field while building a mental framework on which to process sensory information. Heightened awareness and structured processing, wired together at the nonconscious level, automatically guide behaviors. In other words, C2 increases the amount of information available and enhances how that information is sorted so your brain can intuitively guide good decisions.
How is the training delivered?
All of the training is built into an easy-to-use, web-based application that guides users through various daily, weekly and monthly exercises. It takes no more than 12 minutes a day on a regular basis. By completing the microtrainings, the brain rewires itself through the natural process of neuroplasticity. This process, guided by C2 exercises, creates thought patterns that fire automatically in the nonconscious mind to help guide behavior, even when under extreme stress.
Who should use Cognitive Command?
As more applications are researched, we believe there are potential benefits for everyone. For now, C2 is most effective in dynamic environments where outcomes depend on quick decisions and sound performance under stress. The Cognitive Command Training focus is law enforcement and has been successfully implemented at academies, departments, and agencies across the country. Our sister company, Preflexive, focuses on safety in manufacturing, industrial, construction, and transit environments.
What do the exercises consist of?
The exercises are based on our neuroscience research and vary by application. From sensory input to situational awareness to mental imagery and more, the exercises are designed to work together using neuroplasticity, creating new pathways in the brain.
Why is training the nonconscious brain important?
By training the right patterns in the nonconscious mind to guide behaviors, C2 helps officers create tactical habits that lead to appropriate decisions and enhanced performance, even in high-stress and force situations.
What are the results?
The results, time and again, by us and by third-party research groups, have consistently shown significant changes in mental mindset and performance. Those range from shot accuracy in law enforcement training to the ability to de-escalate high-stress situations.
How large are the gains you see with law enforcement?
In cognitive neuroscience research, it’s not uncommon to see differences of 3-5%, and that can be significant. With C2, it’s not uncommon to see differences of 10% to 1500% across key performance metrics. For example, shot accuracy in C2 trained cadets (65%) was 124% better than in the control group cadets (29%).
What other benefits do you see?
The benefits are extremely wide-ranging. The research has shown significant improvement in decision making, recognition of implicit bias, emotional intelligence, professional attitude, confidence, sense of control, and resilience. Because these improvements in mental mindset directly impact behavior, performance benefits are seen in nearly every area we’ve tested. The performance gains measured to date include accuracy, control, restraint, pattern recognition, safety, recall, and professionalism. Officers also say, “You’ll see your world differently after C2 Training.” We hear anecdotal evidence of officers maintaining control of their emotions and de-escalating stressful situations. Many credit the training for empowering them to create a positive outcome that might have gone differently before C2.
What other applications are there for Cognitive Command?
Because C2 is mental mindset training, the applications are nearly endless. The current safety-based system is designed for industrial, manufacturing, construction, and transit settings, and we’re working to collaborate with military, firefighting, fleet companies, and others. All are natural fits for C2. Beyond that, we have ideas about how this type of brain training could be used in emergency medicine, corporate leadership, and people in general to help maximize human potential. Let us know if you have an idea for C2.
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Cognitive Command Training uses neuroscience to develop higher-performing officers proven to be safer, more aware, and in control.