Can Climate Change Awaken Ecological Consciousness? A Neuroethical Approach to Green Consumption

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

An interesting and up-to-date work in the general context of climate change.

Based on a rich specialized literature, the finished work is even more relevant for the depth of ecological behavioral studies.

Appreciating the efforts of the authors, I consider, however, that some details/completions are still needed:

- assessments regarding the statistical significance of the analyzed samples which, in both empirical researches, were very low. Their representativeness based on the age criterion is not convincing;

- the inclusion in the conclusions/discussions chapter of some assessments resulting from the organization of a "focus group" with a relevant specialist component, on the topic addressed in the work.

I propose accepting the work only after these additions are introduced.

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

Dear Authors,

The paper is well-written. It requires some improvement. Some suggestions are given below for your consideration and action.

Page 2: End of the first section authors may include a brief of the subsequent sections, which would help the readers.

The literature gap should be clearly demonstrated.

Authors should look at the following recent publications:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132290

https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1007959

Page 3: Ref. to Table I, authors should include a column to discuss the findings of the cited studies.

Under the methodology heading, the sample size may be reported. 

Page 7: Ref. Table II, Deep ecology definitions by various authors should be placed under one heading only. [Ref. 56, 57, 59].

Page 9. Ref. to Fig. I. Please check the spelling of the text written in the note. (Note: The sentence should be "N300.......negativity, P300 means......positivity"). 

Page 10: Please discuss the statistical package used for analysis. The strength of the statistical package may be highlighted. 

Page 14-15: Ref. to General discussion: Findings of the current study may be linked to the earlier studies with a greater distinction. I hope you would incorporate the suggested changes to improve the manuscript. 

Wish you all the best!

Regards,

Reviewer.  

Author Response

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Congratulations!

Thanks for incorporating the suggested changes. 

The following correction may be incorporated:

Please refer to page 16, 2nd paragraph: "Yadav [79] integrated....... behavior". It should be "Yadav et. al. [79].....behavior".