Concern About Hunger May Increase Receptivity to GMOs

B. Elijah Carter; Caitlin C. Conn; Jason Wiles

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2016.05.003

Concern About Hunger May Increase Receptivity to GMOs

B. Elijah Carter, Caitlin C. Conn, Jason Wiles

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Abstract

Due to a phenomenon known as the 'backfire effect', intuition-based opinions can be inadvertently strengthened by evidence-based counterarguments. Students' views on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may be subject to this effect. We explored the impact of an empathetically accessible topic, world hunger, on receptivity to GMO technology as an alternative to direct evidence-based approaches.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Trends in Plant Science
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2016.05.003
State	Accepted/In press - 2016

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