Cognitive underpinnings of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Vaccines save lives. Despite the undisputed value of vaccination, vaccine hesitancy continues to be a major global challenge, particularly throughout the COVID-19 global pandemic. Since vaccination decisions are counter-intuitive and cognitively demanding, we propose that vaccine hesitancy is associated with executive function-a group of high-level cognitive skills including attentional control, working memory, inhibition, self-regulation, cognitive flexibility, and strategic planning.

Objective

We set out to test (i) whether vaccine hesitancy is driven by individual differences in executive function beyond established socio-demographic factors (e.g., education, political orientation, gender, ethnicity, age, religiosity) and depressed mood, and (ii) whether this re

SUBMITTER: Acar-Burkay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8920576 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature