The Brain in the Public Space: Social Neuroscience and the Media

Mantilla, María Jimena; Marco, Martín Hernán Di; Golombék, Diego A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68421-5_14

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“…Clinical researchers are already tailoring obesity interventions to individuals' genetically‐influenced appetitive traits, 8 and soon it may be feasible to integrate information on brain function and structure into obesity risk assessment and intervention, potentially by providing direct individualized feedback on brain factors 9 . Meanwhile, the dissemination of scientific discovery has proliferated in the internet age, making the findings of neuroimaging studies of obesity widely available to the public 10 . Despite this, we understand little about lay perceptions of the role of the brain in influencing obesity.…”

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“…9 Meanwhile, the dissemination of scientific discovery has proliferated in the internet age, making the findings of neuroimaging studies of obesity widely available to the public. 10 Despite this, we understand little about lay perceptions of the role of the brain in influencing obesity. This research gap requires attention because causal beliefs about obesity are associated with health behaviours.…”

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Is obesity in the brain? Parent perceptions of brain influences on obesity

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Persky

et al. 2021

Pediatric Obesity

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Neuroimaging studies demonstrate associations of brain structure and function with children's eating behaviour and body weight, and the feasibility of integrating brain measures into obesity risk assessment and intervention is growing. However, little is known about lay perceptions of how the brain influences obesity. We investigated parent perceptions of brain contributions to obesity in three separate studies: 1) a study of mothers of adolescents recruited for neuroimaging research (n = 88), 2) a study of ethnically Chinese parents of 5-13 year olds participating in a parent feeding survey (n = 277), and 3) a study of parents of 3-15 year olds completing an online survey (n = 113). In general, parents believed that brain factors influence obesity, but considered them less influential than behaviours such as diet and exercise. Causal attributions for brain factors were correlated with attributions for genetic factors and biological factors (e.g., metabolism). Parents who perceived their child to be overweight or had a high concern about their child becoming overweight in the future rated brain factors as more important in determining their child's weight and more likely to lessen their child's ability to control their weight. Our results suggest that parents attribute obesity to the brain to a moderate degree, and that education or feedback regarding brain influences on obesity could be a promising obesity intervention component.

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