trustme.bro/r/…
✓ checked
trust me, bro:
here is the receipt.
the claim
Habituation is responsible for inaccurate airport security screenings
the verdict
CONTESTED
the evidence cuts both ways
confidence 39/100

While screening errors are frequently attributed to the low prevalence effect and vigilance issues in rare-target detection, research points to complex decision thresholds and individual differences rather than simple habituation alone.

The evidence we hold leans leans supported

How this was weighed

official record 3x · fact-check 2x · hedged 1x · crowd & reference 1x

  • Individual differences predict low prevalence visual search · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.3 · 2017
  • You shall not pass: how facial variability and feedback affe · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.05 · 2020
  • Graded prioritisation of targets in search: reward diminishe · peer-reviewed · supports · weight 1.05 · 2023
  • Fatigue and vigilance in medical experts detecting breast ca · peer-reviewed · refutes · weight 1.05 · 2024
  • When experience does not promote expertise: security profess · peer-reviewed · refutes · weight 1.05 · 2021
Evidence for · 3
Individual differences predict low prevalence visual search performance.
2017 · cited by 18
Identifies visual search errors with rare targets as the low prevalence effect, which shares operational characteristics with screening challenges.
Evidence against · 2
Fatigue and vigilance in medical experts detecting breast cancer.
2024 · cited by 7
Demonstrates that vigilance decrement patterns do not always apply in real-world expert tasks over time.
See more details
More for · 2
You shall not pass: how facial variability and feedback affect the detection of low-prevalence fake IDs.
2020 · cited by 6
Shows that task conditions like target prevalence and feedback affect error rates in security and screening contexts.
Graded prioritisation of targets in search: reward diminishes the low prevalence effect.
2023 · cited by 3
Discusses how dangerous items in airport security screenings are missed due to the prevalence effect.
More against · 1
When experience does not promote expertise: security professionals fail to detect low prevalence fake IDs.
2021 · cited by 4
Indicates that professional security screeners fail to detect rare targets due to the low prevalence effect rather than simple habituation alone.
The paper trail · every fact has a biography
first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → CONTESTED · 3901 Aug 2026
This receipt carries no identity, shared or not. Sharing publishes your connection to it, not your data.
Check your own claim
Challenge the receipt
trust me, bro: win the argument, pass the class, survive peer review.
This receipt is an automated verdict against our published method · not an opinion about any author or publication.
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work · Dispute this receipt