Do weapons automatically capture attention?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 871-893

  Pickel, K L ^a   Ross, Stephen J ^a,b   Truelove, Ronald S ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BOOK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER; WEAPON; WITNESS;

EID: 33751110618     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1235     Document Type: Article

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