The paper outlines an experiment conducted by the authors at the University of Wisconsin. This effect was first described by Leonard Berkowitz and Anthony LePage in 1967 in their paper "Weapons as Aggressions-Eliciting Stimuli" in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. This should not be confused with the weapon focus, another social psychology finding. It refers to the mere presence of a weapon or a picture of a weapon leading to more aggressive behavior in humans, particularly if these humans are already aroused. The weapons effect is a controversial theory described and debated in the scientific field of social psychology.
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