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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-17 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2014 |
Keywords
- CEW
- Conducted electrical weapon
- Fight
- Flight
- K-9
- Neurocognitive
- Oleoresin capsicum
- Pepper spray
- TASER
- Use-of-force