TY - JOUR
T1 - Concern About Hunger May Increase Receptivity to GMOs
AU - Carter, B. Elijah
AU - Conn, Caitlin C.
AU - Wiles, Jason R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.05.003
M3 - Comment/Debate/Erratum
C2 - 27246454
AN - SCOPUS:84969949524
SN - 1360-1385
VL - 21
SP - 539
EP - 541
JO - Trends in Plant Science
JF - Trends in Plant Science
IS - 7
ER -