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Can Neural Activation in Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Predict Responsiveness to Information? An Application to Egg Production Systems and Campaign Advertising
PLoS ONE (2015)
  • Brandon R. McFadden, University of Florida
  • Jayson L. Lusk, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
  • John M. Crespi, Kansas State University
  • Bradley C. Cherry, University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Laura E. Martin, University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Robin L. Aupperle, University of Tulsa
  • Amanda S. Bruce, University of Kansas Medical Center
Abstract
Consumers prefer to pay low prices and increase animal welfare; however consumers are typically forced to make tradeoffs between price and animal welfare. Campaign advertising (i.e., advertising used during the 2008 vote on Proposition 2 in California) may affect how consumers make tradeoffs between price and animal welfare. Neuroimaging data was used to determine the effects of brain activation in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) on choices making a tradeoff between price and animal welfare and responsiveness to campaign advertising. Results indicated that activation in the dlPFC was greater when making choices that forced a tradeoff between price and animal welfare, compared to choices that varied only by price or animal welfare. Furthermore, greater activation differences in right dlPFC between choices that forced a tradeoff and choices that did not, indicated greater responsiveness to campaign advertising.
Publication Date
May 27, 2015
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0125243
Publisher Statement
2015 McFadden et al. Posted with permission.
Citation Information
Brandon R. McFadden, Jayson L. Lusk, John M. Crespi, Bradley C. Cherry, et al.. "Can Neural Activation in Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Predict Responsiveness to Information? An Application to Egg Production Systems and Campaign Advertising" PLoS ONE Vol. 10 Iss. 5 (2015) p. e0125243
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