Study: Training law-enforcement “itchy brains” can reduce shooting-related civilian casualties

. Brain Train­ing May Help Avoid Civil­ian Casu­al­ties (Duke Today): “Although fir­ing a gun seems like one action, it is made up of many small­er deci­sions and move­ments that require coor­di­na­tion between mul­ti­ple brain areas. The sud­den deci­sion to not shoot, called ‘response inhi­bi­tion,’ is crit­i­cal when some­one inno­cent comes into the line of fire. 

Read More