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I'd like to see the actual study this article was written from. This sounds like a bunch of horse manure to me. The article doesn't mention anything that simulates stress. I don't really see anything here that says the people conducting the research had a clue about everything involved in a deadly force encounter. The way the article is written is that they figured out a way to train people to play a Wii game better.
If anyone has knowledge of the actual research please post it.
Researchers have uncovered the processes that can cause a police officer or a soldier to accidentally shoot an innocent bystander.
They say firing a gun is made up of many smaller decisions and movements that require coordination between multiple brain areas.
The study exploring the causes of civilian shooting casualties suggests that mistakes arise from problems with attention - an 'itchy brain,' the authors say - rather than an 'itchy trigger finger.' ...........The findings, published online in Psychological Science, imply that the tendency to squeeze the trigger in error can not only be predicted with cognitive tests but can also be overcome by training in response inhibition.
'Shooting a firearm is a complex activity, and when you couple that action with the conditions encountered by military and law enforcement personnel, firearms training can be even more complicated,' said Adam Biggs, a visiting scholar at Duke's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience.
The sudden decision to not shoot, called 'response inhibition,' is critical when someone innocent comes into the line of fire, researchers say..........In the new study, 88 young adults played a simulated shooting game on Nintendo Wii called 'Reload: Target Down.'
The objective is to shoot armed people as quickly and as accurately as possible, while avoiding unarmed civilians.
After playing, the participants took surveys that assessed their ability to pay attention, signs of motor impulsivity such as finger tapping or restless behaviors, features of autism spectrum disorders and other characteristics.
Individuals also took baseline computerized tests of their ability to withhold responses and to do visual search.
I'd like to see the actual study this article was written from. This sounds like a bunch of horse manure to me. The article doesn't mention anything that simulates stress. I don't really see anything here that says the people conducting the research had a clue about everything involved in a deadly force encounter. The way the article is written is that they figured out a way to train people to play a Wii game better.
If anyone has knowledge of the actual research please post it.