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- Title
The neurocognitive effects of simulated use-of-force scenarios.
- Authors
Dawes, Donald; Ho, Jeffrey; Vincent, Andrea; Nystrom, Paul; Moore, Johanna; Steinberg, Lila; Tilton, Anne; Brave, Michael; Berris, Marc; Miner, James
- Abstract
While the physiologic effects of modern conducted electrical weapons (CEW) have been the subject of numerous studies, their effects on neurocognitive functioning, both short-term and long-term, are less well understood. It is also unclear how these effects compare to other use-of-force options or other arrest-related stressors. We compared the neurocognitive effects of an exposure to a TASER (TASER International, Inc, Scottsdale, AZ) X26™ CEW to four other use-of-force scenarios during a training exercise using a well-established neurocognitive metric administered repeatedly over 1 h. Overall, we found that there was a decline in neurocognitive performance immediately post-scenario in all groups, but this effect was transient, of questionable clinical significance, and returned to baseline by 1 h post-scenario.
- Subjects
ELECTRONIC equipment; COGNITIVE ability; POLICE brutality; ARREST; STUN guns; PEPPER spray; OLEORESINS
- Publication
Forensic Science, Medicine & Pathology, 2014, Vol 10, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
1547-769X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12024-013-9510-y