The drones also take off from Afghanistan, but are operated thousands of miles away by a “pilot” at a desk in America, watching a video feed from the aircraft.

Much remains to be learned, though, about whether and to what extent video-induced thinking improvements aid other skills, such as pilots’ ability to land airplanes in challenging conditions.

Much remains to be learned, though, about whether and to whatextent video-induced thinking improvements aid other skills, such as pilots’ability to land airplanes in challenging conditions.