#neophobia — Public Fediverse posts

🥦👍 Psychologists at #Aston University in #Birmingham found that #children are more likely to try and enjoy #vegetables like #broccoli after watching others eat them with positive expressions.

The #research highlights how social observation and repeated exposure can overcome food #neophobia and help develop healthier eating habits.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-remarkable-way-to-help-kids-like-vegetables

#nutrition #psychology #parenting #education #health #diet #uk #learning #science

New publication: A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of #neophobia. #ManyBirdsProject #birds #animalmigration
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394

New publication: A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of #neophobia. #ManyBirdsProject #birds #animalmigration
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394

New publication: A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of #neophobia. #ManyBirdsProject #birds #animalmigration
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394

Fear of novelty varies across species & individuals, impacting adaptability & survival. @TheManyBirds &co assess #neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 #bird species, identifying phylogenetic influences & broad ecological drivers @PLOSBiology plos.io/4haLEsN

Fear of novelty varies across species & individuals, impacting adaptability & survival. @TheManyBirds &co assess #neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 #bird species, identifying phylogenetic influences & broad ecological drivers @PLOSBiology plos.io/4haLEsN

Fear of novelty varies across species & individuals, impacting adaptability & survival. @TheManyBirds &co assess #neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 #bird species, identifying phylogenetic influences & broad ecological drivers @PLOSBiology plos.io/4haLEsN

Fear of novelty varies across species & individuals, impacting adaptability & survival. @TheManyBirds &co assess #neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 #bird species, identifying phylogenetic influences & broad ecological drivers @PLOSBiology plos.io/4haLEsN

Fear of novelty varies across species & individuals, impacting adaptability & survival. @TheManyBirds &co assess #neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 #bird species, identifying phylogenetic influences & broad ecological drivers @PLOSBiology plos.io/4haLEsN

The largest-ever study on #neophobia , or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some #bird species are more fearful of new things than others.
#Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/zoo10152501.html

The largest-ever study on #neophobia , or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some #bird species are more fearful of new things than others.
#Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/zoo10152501.html

The largest-ever study on #neophobia , or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some #bird species are more fearful of new things than others.
#Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/zoo10152501.html

The largest-ever study on #neophobia , or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some #bird species are more fearful of new things than others.
#Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/zoo10152501.html

The largest-ever study on #neophobia , or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some #bird species are more fearful of new things than others.
#Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/zoo10152501.html

Chickening out: Why some #birds fear novelty https://phys.org/news/2025-10-chickening-birds-novelty.html

A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394

"#Grebes and #flamingos exhibited the highest #neophobia while #falcons and #pheasants were among the least neophobic species, approaching food quickly regardless of the unfamiliar item... the study found that two ecological drivers strongly predicted neophobia: dietary specialization and migratory behavior."

Chickening out: Why some #birds fear novelty https://phys.org/news/2025-10-chickening-birds-novelty.html

A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394

"#Grebes and #flamingos exhibited the highest #neophobia while #falcons and #pheasants were among the least neophobic species, approaching food quickly regardless of the unfamiliar item... the study found that two ecological drivers strongly predicted neophobia: dietary specialization and migratory behavior."

Chickening out: Why some #birds fear novelty https://phys.org/news/2025-10-chickening-birds-novelty.html

A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394

"#Grebes and #flamingos exhibited the highest #neophobia while #falcons and #pheasants were among the least neophobic species, approaching food quickly regardless of the unfamiliar item... the study found that two ecological drivers strongly predicted neophobia: dietary specialization and migratory behavior."

Chickening out: Why some #birds fear novelty https://phys.org/news/2025-10-chickening-birds-novelty.html

A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394

"#Grebes and #flamingos exhibited the highest #neophobia while #falcons and #pheasants were among the least neophobic species, approaching food quickly regardless of the unfamiliar item... the study found that two ecological drivers strongly predicted neophobia: dietary specialization and migratory behavior."

Increasing familiarity with plant-based meals—not focusing on ingredients or individual dishes—may be a promising strategy to boost #plantbased meal consumption. Reducing food #neophobia may also be important, esp. in countries where dietary norms are less diverse: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap... #diets

Redirecting

'Disgust and food neophobia – a fear of new foods – are often cited as obstacles to adopting new, more sustainable food choices, but I believe that recent history offers a more complicated picture.' https://theconversation.com/safe-route-or-sushi-route-2-strategies-to-turn-yuck-to-yum-and-convince-people-to-eat-unusual-foods-225419 #foodstudies #disgust #neophobia #sustainability #food

'Disgust and food neophobia – a fear of new foods – are often cited as obstacles to adopting new, more sustainable food choices, but I believe that recent history offers a more complicated picture.' https://theconversation.com/safe-route-or-sushi-route-2-strategies-to-turn-yuck-to-yum-and-convince-people-to-eat-unusual-foods-225419 #foodstudies #disgust #neophobia #sustainability #food

'Disgust and food neophobia – a fear of new foods – are often cited as obstacles to adopting new, more sustainable food choices, but I believe that recent history offers a more complicated picture.' https://theconversation.com/safe-route-or-sushi-route-2-strategies-to-turn-yuck-to-yum-and-convince-people-to-eat-unusual-foods-225419 #foodstudies #disgust #neophobia #sustainability #food

'Disgust and food neophobia – a fear of new foods – are often cited as obstacles to adopting new, more sustainable food choices, but I believe that recent history offers a more complicated picture.' https://theconversation.com/safe-route-or-sushi-route-2-strategies-to-turn-yuck-to-yum-and-convince-people-to-eat-unusual-foods-225419 #foodstudies #disgust #neophobia #sustainability #food

'Disgust and food neophobia – a fear of new foods – are often cited as obstacles to adopting new, more sustainable food choices, but I believe that recent history offers a more complicated picture.' https://theconversation.com/safe-route-or-sushi-route-2-strategies-to-turn-yuck-to-yum-and-convince-people-to-eat-unusual-foods-225419 #foodstudies #disgust #neophobia #sustainability #food

'Disgust and food neophobia – a fear of new foods – are often cited as obstacles to adopting new, more sustainable food choices, but I believe that recent history offers a more complicated picture.' https://theconversation.com/safe-route-or-sushi-route-2-strategies-to-turn-yuck-to-yum-and-convince-people-to-eat-unusual-foods-225419 #foodstudies #disgust #neophobia #sustainability #food

Blind taste test shows that despite prejudices #consumers cannot distinguish between greens grown without soil in vertical faming and #organic veggies & herbs. Vertical cultivation saves space, allowing #rewilding of agriculture land: https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/a-delicious-surprise-vertically-farmed-greens-taste-as-good-as-organic-ones/ #neophobia #landuse

Blind taste test shows that despite prejudices #consumers cannot distinguish between greens grown without soil in vertical faming and #organic veggies & herbs. Vertical cultivation saves space, allowing #rewilding of agriculture land: https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/a-delicious-surprise-vertically-farmed-greens-taste-as-good-as-organic-ones/ #neophobia #landuse

Blind taste test shows that despite prejudices #consumers cannot distinguish between greens grown without soil in vertical faming and #organic veggies & herbs. Vertical cultivation saves space, allowing #rewilding of agriculture land: https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/a-delicious-surprise-vertically-farmed-greens-taste-as-good-as-organic-ones/ #neophobia #landuse

Blind taste test shows that despite prejudices #consumers cannot distinguish between greens grown without soil in vertical faming and #organic veggies & herbs. Vertical cultivation saves space, allowing #rewilding of agriculture land: https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/a-delicious-surprise-vertically-farmed-greens-taste-as-good-as-organic-ones/ #neophobia #landuse

Blind taste test shows that despite prejudices #consumers cannot distinguish between greens grown without soil in vertical faming and #organic veggies & herbs. Vertical cultivation saves space, allowing #rewilding of agriculture land: https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/a-delicious-surprise-vertically-farmed-greens-taste-as-good-as-organic-ones/ #neophobia #landuse

Many other factors (e.g. preference for deliberation vs. intuition below) proved to have a significant impact for some groups but not others

Key takeaways:
1) Linear regression provides a misleading picture of factors that matter, especially how much they matter
2) Explanatory power is much greater for those rejecting versus positive towards #cultivatedmeat
3) Food technology #neophobia consistently mattered but much more for those rejecting
/FIN

Many other factors (e.g. preference for deliberation vs. intuition below) proved to have a significant impact for some groups but not others

Key takeaways:
1) Linear regression provides a misleading picture of factors that matter, especially how much they matter
2) Explanatory power is much greater for those rejecting versus positive towards #cultivatedmeat
3) Food technology #neophobia consistently mattered but much more for those rejecting
/FIN

For the first time on #cultivatedmeat, we employed a (logistic) quantile regression to consider how the relevance of different factors varied by consumer #evaluations.

Just because a factor is influential for those negative does not mean it matters for those more positive.

The only factor that was important across all groups was food technology #neophobia.

Even then, the (negative) influence of this factor decreases as consumers became more positive about #cultivatedmeat 3/

For the first time on #cultivatedmeat, we employed a (logistic) quantile regression to consider how the relevance of different factors varied by consumer #evaluations.

Just because a factor is influential for those negative does not mean it matters for those more positive.

The only factor that was important across all groups was food technology #neophobia.

Even then, the (negative) influence of this factor decreases as consumers became more positive about #cultivatedmeat 3/

🧵 on our new article on #cultivatedmeat and the role of visual information and food technology #neophobia in #FQAP (Carl-Johan Lagerkvist Hans De Steur)

Given discussions in the media, we wanted to explore whether the focus of images (on laboratory aspects, or presenting #cultivatedmeat in familiar form) made a difference for consumer #evaluations

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329323001519

🧵 on our new article on #cultivatedmeat and the role of visual information and food technology #neophobia in #FQAP (Carl-Johan Lagerkvist Hans De Steur)

Given discussions in the media, we wanted to explore whether the focus of images (on laboratory aspects, or presenting #cultivatedmeat in familiar form) made a difference for consumer #evaluations

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329323001519

New article "First impressions and food technology #neophobia: Examining the role of visual information for consumer evaluations of #cultivatedmeat" out now (open access) in Food Quality and Preference (with Hans De Steur and Carl-Johan Lagerkvist)! 🎉

🧵soon https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329323001519

New article "First impressions and food technology #neophobia: Examining the role of visual information for consumer evaluations of #cultivatedmeat" out now (open access) in Food Quality and Preference (with Hans De Steur and Carl-Johan Lagerkvist)! 🎉

🧵soon https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329323001519

We also identified indirect effects (via #benefits) of #trust, food tech #neophobia and #environmental beliefs

Behavioral intentions towards #CRISPR were higher for those with greater social trust, stronger environmental beliefs, and less food tech neophobic

As illustrated previously (https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329321000537), food technology #neophobia emerges as a particularly key factor, one with substantial explanatory power for perceived #benefits and #risks.

More research needed here in near future 😉 4/

We also identified indirect effects (via #benefits) of #trust, food tech #neophobia and #environmental beliefs

Behavioral intentions towards #CRISPR were higher for those with greater social trust, stronger environmental beliefs, and less food tech neophobic

As illustrated previously (https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329321000537), food technology #neophobia emerges as a particularly key factor, one with substantial explanatory power for perceived #benefits and #risks.

More research needed here in near future 😉 4/