Study on the performance of human memory under stress

cad68m_m · Aug 28, 2015

The gun that wasn't there

Very interesting study of memory under stress

http://bearingarms.com/gun-wasnt/?utm_source=badaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

Blaster229 · Aug 28, 2015

Well, it has nothing to do with memory, it has everything to do with someone shooting a certain movement.

I wrote a few paragraphs about this and just deleted them all because it just segwayed into a whole thing. I am sure someone will finally chime in with something and we can expound from there.
Suffice it to say, keep your eyes on the hands because those are what kill you. I try my best to determine a weapon until I cannot afford any more time trying.

cad68m_m · Aug 29, 2015

Your right, memory is wrong, it should be perception under stress. I thought it was interesting that the "observer officer didn't necessarily see the same things as the active officer.
As a motorcycle rider I am intrigued by what people do and don't see, since apparently car drivers often don't see motorcycles.

A lot of what people see is what they expect to.

http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/gorilla_experiment.html

Minuteman · Aug 29, 2015

Excellent. This is a critically important topic that many instructors do not cover or spend too little time on. Understress, we are not able to mentally process information as quickly and often will misperceive and over or under react.

There are a lot of great resources on this topic, this group frequently posts research on it and is among the absolute best: http://www.forcescience.org I recommend you subscribe to their ~monthly emails and read their free articles.

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