The Presence of a Weapon Shrinks the Functional Field of View

摘要: Summary This study examined whether the functional field of view shrinks by presence a weapon or increase emotional arousal. In Experiment 1, participants viewed two types pictures depicting scenes involving weapons control objects and were asked to identify digits presented at periphery when disappeared. The results showed that impaired identification peripheral digits, even equal with respect arousal level. 2, emotionally arousing neutral pictures, neither which included weapons, they revealed increased did not impair digits. These indicate because but arousal.Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.