@article{vepachedu_nurzenska_lohiniva_hudi_deku_birungi_greiner_sherlock_campbell_foster_et al._2024, title={Understanding COVID-19 vaccination behaviors and intentions in Ghana: A Behavioral Insights (BI) study}, volume={19}, ISSN={["1932-6203"]}, DOI={10.1371/journal.pone.0292532}, abstractNote={
Introduction
Vaccine uptake is influenced by a variety of factors. Behavioral Insights (BI) can be used to address vaccine hesitancy to understand the factors that influence the decision to take or refuse a vaccine.
}, number={2}, journal={PLOS ONE}, author={Vepachedu, Swathi and Nurzenska, Anastasiia and Lohiniva, Anna-Leena and Hudi, Al-hassan and Deku, Sena and Birungi, Julianne and Greiner, Karen and Sherlock, Joseph and Campbell, Chelsi and Foster, Lori and et al.}, year={2024}, month={Feb} }
 @misc{park_vepachedu_keshava_minns_2022, title={Culture, theory-of-mind, and morality: How independent and interdependent minds make moral judgments}, volume={174}, ISSN={["1873-6246"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108423}, abstractNote={Although the investigation of the neural mechanisms of morality has increased in recent years, the neural underpinnings of cultural variations in judgments of morality is understudied. In this paper, we propose that the well-established cultural differences in two cognitive processes, consideration of mental state and causal attribution, would lead to differences in moral judgment. Specifically, North Americans rely heavily on the mental state of a protagonist and dispositional attributions, whereas East Asians focus more on situational attributions and place less emphasis on the mental state of a protagonist. These differences would be accounted for by activity in brain regions implicated in thinking about others' minds, or theory-of-mind (ToM), which would underlie the cultural shaping of moral judgment. This proposed cultural neuroscience approach may broaden the scope of morality research, better predict moral behavior, and reduce disparities in diverse groups' moral judgment.}, journal={BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY}, author={Park, BoKyung and Vepachedu, Swathi and Keshava, Poorvi and Minns, Sean}, year={2022}, month={Oct} }