Physical fatigue shifts officers’ shooting patterns toward distant targets

Evidence

Nibbeling and colleagues (2012) found that the shooter’s level of fatigue and the relative distance to the target influenced the decision to shoot, such that at lower levels of physical fatigue participants were more likely to shoot a target situated at a shorter distance, while at higher levels of physical fatigue, they were more likely to shoot a target situated at a longer distance. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 291

Categorization

• QUESTION: Fatigue shifting shooting threshold to longer distance is counterintuitive — worth understanding the mechanism (impulse control fatigue? threat perception?).
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 291