ReviewThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2019
The Storytelling Brain: How Neuroscience Stories Help Bridge the Gap between Research and Society.
Review in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Successful Public Speaking Enhances Neural Alignment in Audience Language Networks.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
- From Mary Shelley to Netflix: a Pan-European perspective on public communication of neuroscience and neurotechnology.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Mindfulness Through Storytelling for Mental Health of Primary School Children: Impact on Acceptability and Its Associations with Personality.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- What the Neuroscience and Psychology of Magic Reveal about Misinformation.Publications (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Finding the Story.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2022Review
- Scaling up public mental health care in Sub-Saharan Africa: insights from infectious disease.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Active communication between researchers and society is necessary for the scientific community's involvement in developing science-based policies. This need is recognized by governmental and funding agencies that compel scientists to increase their public engagement and disseminate research findings in an accessible fashion. Storytelling techniques can help convey science by engaging people's imagination and emotions. Yet, many researchers are uncertain about how to approach scientific storytelling, or feel they lack the tools to undertake it. Here we explore some of the techniques intrinsic to crafting scientific narratives, as well as the reasons why scientific storytelling may be an optimal way of communicating research to nonspecialists. We also point out current communication gaps between science and society, particularly in the context of neurodiverse audiences and those that include neurological and psychiatric patients. Present shortcomings may turn into areas of synergy with the potential to link neuroscience education, research, and advocacy.
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