Widening participation in cognitive neuroscience: a mixed-methods study of age-related motivators, barriers and attitudes towards imaging methods
Ksenia Kotiusheva, Laurel Hilliker, Tracy Ibbotson, Satu Baylan, Maria Gardani, Gemma Learmonth · 2026
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Ksenia Kotiusheva and co-authors study what motivates or deters older adults from joining brain imaging research in a 2026 mixed-methods study. Two focus groups with eleven healthy adults aged fifty-five to seventy-three were combined with a questionnaire answered by more than three hundred adults across a wide age range. Imaging methods covered included magnetic resonance, electrical recording, brain stimulation, and eye tracking.
Older adults prized clear information about aims, procedures, and safety, wanted medical and non-medical research distinguished, and valued contributing to the collective good. Altruism grew with age while pay mattered less, and trust in researchers was higher among older respondents. Eye tracking drew the fewest negative feelings and brain stimulation the most. The authors offer age-tailored recruitment advice to widen participation in neuroscience.
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| CREATOR | Ksenia Kotiusheva, Laurel Hilliker, Tracy Ibbotson, Satu Baylan, Maria Gardani, Gemma Learmonth |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 72185 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |