Going against the herd: psychological and cultural factors underlying the 'vaccination confidence gap'

Volume: 10, Issue: 9
Published: Sep 1, 2015
Abstract
By far the most common strategy used in the attempt to modify negative attitudes toward vaccination is to appeal to evidence-based reasoning. We argue, however, that focusing on science comprehension is inconsistent with one of the key facts of cognitive psychology: Humans are biased information processors and often engage in motivated reasoning. On this basis, we hypothesised that negative attitudes can be explained primarily by factors...
Paper Details
Title
Going against the herd: psychological and cultural factors underlying the 'vaccination confidence gap'
Published Date
Sep 1, 2015
Journal
Volume
10
Issue
9
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