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Dual-process theories to counter the anti-vaccination movement
Vaccine hesitancy is a problem attracting growing attention and concern. In this paper, we discuss why anti-vaccination messages are influential and which pro-vaccine messages can be effective to address vaccine hesitancy from the perspective of dual-process theories of cognitive functioning. The fu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7554643/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33083207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101205 |
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author | Okuhara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hirono Okada, Hiroko Ueno, Haruka Kiuchi, Takahiro |
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description | Vaccine hesitancy is a problem attracting growing attention and concern. In this paper, we discuss why anti-vaccination messages are influential and which pro-vaccine messages can be effective to address vaccine hesitancy from the perspective of dual-process theories of cognitive functioning. The functioning of the human brain can be characterized by two different types of cognitive functioning: intuitive System 1, which is evolutionarily old, fast, and automatic; and analytical System 2, which is evolutionarily recent, slow, and deliberative. Anti-vaccination messages that inspire fear activate System 1, and vaccine recommendation messages that use statistics activate System 2. System 1 has a greater influence on judgment than System 2. The processing of System 1 is called “trajectory.” Even if adequate knowledge about the effectiveness and safety of vaccination is input to System 2, vaccine hesitancy cannot be easily erased once it is generated by System 1. We suggest that vaccine recommendation messages should target System 1 in addition to System 2, to counter anti-vaccination messages and address vaccine hesitancy. |
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spelling | pubmed-75546432020-10-19 Dual-process theories to counter the anti-vaccination movement Okuhara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hirono Okada, Hiroko Ueno, Haruka Kiuchi, Takahiro Prev Med Rep Short Communication Vaccine hesitancy is a problem attracting growing attention and concern. In this paper, we discuss why anti-vaccination messages are influential and which pro-vaccine messages can be effective to address vaccine hesitancy from the perspective of dual-process theories of cognitive functioning. The functioning of the human brain can be characterized by two different types of cognitive functioning: intuitive System 1, which is evolutionarily old, fast, and automatic; and analytical System 2, which is evolutionarily recent, slow, and deliberative. Anti-vaccination messages that inspire fear activate System 1, and vaccine recommendation messages that use statistics activate System 2. System 1 has a greater influence on judgment than System 2. The processing of System 1 is called “trajectory.” Even if adequate knowledge about the effectiveness and safety of vaccination is input to System 2, vaccine hesitancy cannot be easily erased once it is generated by System 1. We suggest that vaccine recommendation messages should target System 1 in addition to System 2, to counter anti-vaccination messages and address vaccine hesitancy. 2020-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7554643/ /pubmed/33083207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101205 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Okuhara, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Hirono Okada, Hiroko Ueno, Haruka Kiuchi, Takahiro Dual-process theories to counter the anti-vaccination movement |
title | Dual-process theories to counter the anti-vaccination movement |
title_full | Dual-process theories to counter the anti-vaccination movement |
title_fullStr | Dual-process theories to counter the anti-vaccination movement |
title_full_unstemmed | Dual-process theories to counter the anti-vaccination movement |
title_short | Dual-process theories to counter the anti-vaccination movement |
title_sort | dual-process theories to counter the anti-vaccination movement |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7554643/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33083207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101205 |
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