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01.03.2014 | Original Article
The neurocognitive effects of simulated use-of-force scenarios
verfasst von:
Donald M. Dawes, Jeffrey D. Ho, Andrea S. Vincent, Paul C. Nystrom, Johanna C. Moore, Lila W. Steinberg, Anne Marie K. Tilton, Michael A. Brave, Marc S. Berris, James R. Miner
Erschienen in:
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
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Ausgabe 1/2014
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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.