CogSci 2025

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August 01, 2025

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San Francisco, United States

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corpus studies

language understanding

linguistics

natural language processing

The meaning of being healthy is widely debated, with many suggesting it is a multidimensional concept encompassing key dimensions such as the absence of disease, the presence of well-being, and a healthy lifestyle. While recent studies indicate that lifestyle may be a dominant dimension, it remains unclear whether this holds true across populations or if significant differences exist, particularly between laypeople and healthcare professionals. Our studies reveal a difference, but surprisingly, in the opposite direction of what the literature would predict: medical professionals are substantially more likely than laypeople to frame discussions of "healthy" and "unhealthy" in lifestyle contexts. This result challenges prevailing assumptions about the biomedical focus of healthcare professionals and has implications for improving health communication.

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