title: Cognitive Obstacles to Pro-Vaccination Beliefs.
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.
authors.affiliation: Dynamique Du Langage, University of Lyon, 14 Avenue Berthelot, 69007 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miton
authors.affiliation: University of Neuchâtel, Rue Pierre à Mazel 7, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Electronic address: hugo.mercier@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mercier
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D035502:Trust; D014611:Vaccination / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Vaccine hesitancy; argumentation; cultural attraction theory; epistemic vigilance; trust