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Abstract
Two frameworks--cultural attraction theory and epistemic vigilance--predict a cultural disadvantage for counter-intuitive beliefs. We review several cognitive mechanisms that conspire to render pro-vaccination beliefs counter-intuitive. Trust and argumentation can spread counter-intuitive beliefs, but only under some conditions. We discuss the hurdles that trust and argumentation face in the case of vaccination.Keywords: Vaccine hesitancy; argumentation; cultural attraction theory; epistemic vigilance; trust
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26522341 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.08.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Cogn Sci ISSN: 1364-6613 Impact factor: 20.229