Persuasive Messaging in Facebook’s “Here Together” Campaign to Save Face and Rebuild Consumer Trust [PDF]
In order to weigh the effectiveness of Facebook’s “Here Together” persuasive advertising campaign, this study applied two of Packard’s eight hidden needs and cognitive dissonance theory as a methodological frame for evaluating the campaign’s use of ...
Harder, Elisia
core +1 more source
Dissonant sustainabilities? Politicising and psychologising antagonisms in the conservation-development nexus. [PDF]
Reflecting on more than twenty years engagement with the idea that development and economic growth are essential for ensuring environmental conservation and sustainability, a key experience for me has been that of dissonance.
Sian Sullivan
core +1 more source
Cognitive Dissonance in Social Media and Face-to-Face Interactions in Relation to the Legacy of War
Acknowledgment of ingroup responsibility and outgroup suffering is needed for post-conflict societies to move on. Scholars have argued that this attitude shift happens through cognitive dissonance, an unpleasant experience of inconsistency between views
Sanja Vico
doaj
A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Recurrence of Autoimmune Encephalitis
ABSTRACT Objective Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a disease with a potential for recurrence, and patients receive immunotherapy to prevent it. However, there is no consensus on the duration of immunotherapy. This study aimed to determine the recurrence rate and identify the risk factors for AE to provide guidance on the duration of immunotherapy ...
Shangkai Bai +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Using Cognitive Dissonance to Manipulate Social Preferences [PDF]
We explore the role of cognitive dissonance in dictator and public goods games. Specifically, we motivate cognitive dissonance between one's perception of fair treatment and self-interested behaviour by having participants answer a question about ...
Oxoby, Robert J., Smith, Alexander
core
Rationalization and Cognitive Dissonance: Do Choices Affect or Reflect Preferences? [PDF]
Cognitive dissonance is one of the most influential theories in psychology, and its oldest experiential realization is choice-induced dissonance. In contrast to the economic approach of assuming a person's choices reveal their preferences, psychologists ...
M. Keith Chen
core +3 more sources
Elevated Connectivity During Language Processing Is Associated With Cognitive Performance in SeLECTS
ABSTRACT Objective Self‐Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is associated with language impairments despite seizures originating in the motor cortex, suggesting aberrant cross‐network interactions. Here we tested whether functional connectivity in SeLECTS during language tasks predicts language performance.
Wendy Qi +8 more
wiley +1 more source
ABSTRACT Objective Considerable efforts have been dedicated to developing effective treatments for post‐stroke executive impairment (PSEI), among which repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown great potential. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of high‐frequency rTMS on working memory (WM) and response ...
Mengting Lao +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Cognitive Dissonance within the Realm of Implicit Bias [PDF]
According to research professors from Harvard University, one’s individual actions will affect his fundamental preferences or beliefs. This is in compliance to cognitive dissonance theory, which posits that an “individual experiences a mental discomfort ...
Luptak, Shelby
core +1 more source
The impact of asking intention or self-prediction questions on subsequent behavior: a meta-analysis [PDF]
The current meta-analysis estimated the magnitude of the impact of asking intention and self-prediction questions on rates of subsequent behavior, and examined mediators and moderators of this question–behavior effect (QBE).
*Obermiller C. +18 more
core +2 more sources

