Oculomotor examination of the weapon focus effect: Does a gun automatically engage visual attention?

Background: A person is less likely to be accurately remembered if they appear in a visual scene with a gun, a result that has been termed the weapon focus effect (WFE). Explanations of the WFE argue that weapons engage attention because they are unusual and/or threatening, which causes encoding def...

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Main Authors:	Heather Flowe, Lorraine Hope, Anne P. Hillstrom
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2013
Subjects:	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified untagged Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/20323
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