APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Guns Increase Threat Attribution Uncertainty for Ambiguous Faces: An Action-Specific Investigation of Weapon Carriage
- Carlene Horner
Center for Applied Brain & Cognitive Sciences - Dalit Hendel
Center for Applied Brain & Cognitive Sciences - Tad Brunyé
US Army Natick Soldier, Research, Development, and Engineering Center - Tad Brunyé
Center for Applied Brain & Cognitive Sciences - Aaron Gardony
Center for Applied Brain & Cognitive Sciences - Aaron Gardony
US Army Natick Soldier, Research, Development, and Engineering Center
Abstract
Inspired by the action-specific account of perception we used a mouse-tracking paradigm to examine how responding with a gun influences threat attribution of ambiguously-threatening faces. Weapon carriage did not increase threat attribution and increased threat attribution uncertainty. These findings may stem from potential consequences of lethal force afforded by guns.
Judgment and Decision Making
