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The use of neurocognitive methods in assessing health communication messages: A systematic review

Author(s) -

Sherrie-Anne Kaye,

Melanie J. White,

Ioni Lewis

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of health psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716

H-Index - 88

eISSN - 1461-7277

pISSN - 1359-1053

DOI - 10.1177/1359105316630138

Subject(s) - neurocognitive , prefrontal cortex , psychology , cognition , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , neuroscience

We review 20 studies that examined persuasive processing and outcomes of health messages using neurocognitive measures. The results suggest that cognitive processes and neural activity in regions thought to reflect self-related processing may be more prominent in the persuasive process of self-relevant messages. Furthermore, activity in the medial prefrontal cortex, the superior temporal gyrus and the middle frontal gyrus were identified as predictors of message effectiveness, with the medial prefrontal cortex accounting for additional variance in behaviour change beyond that accounted for by self-report measures. Incorporating neurocognitive measures may provide a more comprehensive understanding of the processing and outcomes of health messages.

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