Check out our follow-up paper on #WeaponFocus in CR:PI, where we ask the question: Is a knife the same as a plunger? doi.org/10.1186/s412... See thread in the replies.
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Is a knife the same as a plunger? Comparing the attentional effects of weapons and non-threatening unusual objects in dynamic scenes - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
Observers’ memory for a person’s appearance can be compromised by the presence of a weapon, a phenomenon known as the weapon-focus effect (WFE). According to the unusual-item hypothesis, attention shi...
