Action alters object identification: Wielding a gun increases the bias to see guns

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1159-1167

  Witt, Jessica K ^a   Brockmole, James R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Common coding; Guns; Object perception; Threat perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEAR; FIREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; FEAR; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872809292     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027881     Document Type: Article

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