Outputs (24)

To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report (2024)
Journal Article
McHugh, C., Francis, K. B., Everett, J. A., & Timmons, S. (2024). To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 113, Article 104616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2024.104616

Moral judgments are increasingly being understood as showing context dependent variability. A growing literature has identified a range of specific contextual factors (e.g., emotions, intentions) that can influence moral judgments in predictable ways... Read More about To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report.

Don’t mind milk? The role of animal suffering, speciesism, and guilt in the denial of mind and moral status of dairy cows (2023)
Journal Article
Ioannidou, M., Lesk, V., Stewart-Knox, B., & Francis, K. B. (2024). Don’t mind milk? The role of animal suffering, speciesism, and guilt in the denial of mind and moral status of dairy cows. Food Quality and Preference, 114, Article 105082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.105082

Reminding meat-eaters that animals are being harmed for meat production, elicits psychological tension about meat consumption. Individuals deal with this tension by either reducing or stopping meat consumption or by denying the mind of food animals,... Read More about Don’t mind milk? The role of animal suffering, speciesism, and guilt in the denial of mind and moral status of dairy cows.

Would you exchange your soul for immortality?—existential meaning and afterlife beliefs predict mind upload approval (2023)
Journal Article
Laakasuo, M., Sundvall, J., Francis, K., Drosinou, M., Hannikainen, I., Kunnari, A., & Palomäki, J. (2023). Would you exchange your soul for immortality?—existential meaning and afterlife beliefs predict mind upload approval. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1254846. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1254846

Mind upload, or the digital copying of an individual brain and mind, could theoretically allow one to “live forever.” If such a technology became available, who would be most likely to approve of it or condemn it? Research has shown that fear of deat... Read More about Would you exchange your soul for immortality?—existential meaning and afterlife beliefs predict mind upload approval.

Virtual Reality in Experimental Moral Psychology Identifying and Understanding Judgment-Action Discrepancy (2023)
Book Chapter
Francis, K. (2023). Virtual Reality in Experimental Moral Psychology Identifying and Understanding Judgment-Action Discrepancy. In Exploring Extended Realities (153-169). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003359494-12

Empathy Training through Virtual Reality: Moral Enhancement with the Freedom to Fall? (2023)
Journal Article
Zahiu, A., Mihailov, E., Earp, B. D., Francis, K. B., & Savulescu, J. (2023). Empathy Training through Virtual Reality: Moral Enhancement with the Freedom to Fall?. Ethics and Information Technology, 25(4), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-023-09723-9

We propose to expand the conversation around moral enhancement from direct brain-altering methods to include technological means of modifying the environments and media through which agents can achieve moral improvement. Virtual Reality (VR) based en... Read More about Empathy Training through Virtual Reality: Moral Enhancement with the Freedom to Fall?.

Feeling morally troubled about meat, dairy, egg, and fish consumption: Dissonance reduction strategies among different dietary groups (2023)
Journal Article
Ioannidou, M., Lesk, V., Stewart-Knox, B., & Francis, K. B. (2023). Feeling morally troubled about meat, dairy, egg, and fish consumption: Dissonance reduction strategies among different dietary groups. Appetite, 190, Article 107024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.107024

A largescale shift towards plant-based diets is considered a critical requirement for tackling ethical, environmental, and global health issues associated with animal food production and consumption. Although previous research has identified psycholo... Read More about Feeling morally troubled about meat, dairy, egg, and fish consumption: Dissonance reduction strategies among different dietary groups.

The role of confidence in knowledge ascriptions: an evidence-seeking approach (2023)
Journal Article
Francis, K. B., & Beaman, C. P. (2023). The role of confidence in knowledge ascriptions: an evidence-seeking approach. Synthese, 202(2), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04236-w

Two methods have been used in the investigation of the stakes-sensitivity of knowledge as it occurs in ordinary language: (a) asking participants about the truth or acceptability of knowledge ascriptions and (b) asking participants how much evidence... Read More about The role of confidence in knowledge ascriptions: an evidence-seeking approach.

An empirical investigation of intuitions about uptake (2023)
Journal Article
Fisher, S. A., A. Fisher, S., Francis, K. B., B. Francis, K., & Townsend, L. (2023). An empirical investigation of intuitions about uptake. Inquiry, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2023.2220359

Since Austin’s introduction of the locutionary-illocutionary-perlocutionary distinction, it has been a matter of debate within speech act theory whether illocutionary acts like promising, warning, refusing and telling require audience ‘uptake’ in ord... Read More about An empirical investigation of intuitions about uptake.

Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset) (2023)
Journal Article
Terry, J., Ross, R. M., Nagy, T., Salgado, M., Garrido-Vásquez, P., Sarfo, J. O., …Field, A. P. (in press). Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset). Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.80

This large, international dataset contains survey responses from N = 12,570 students from 100 universities in 35 countries, collected in 21 languages. We measured anxieties (statistics, mathematics, test, trait, social interaction, performance, creat... Read More about Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset).

Moral emotions and justifying beliefs about meat, fish, dairy and egg consumption: A comparative study of dietary groups (2023)
Journal Article
Ioannidou, M., Lesk, V., Stewart-Knox, B., & Francis, K. (2023). Moral emotions and justifying beliefs about meat, fish, dairy and egg consumption: A comparative study of dietary groups. Appetite, 186, Article 106544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106544

Meat eaters and meat abstainers differ in their beliefs and moral emotions related to meat consumption alongside gender differences. Few studies have investigated beliefs and moral emotions in pescatarians and vegans. Little is known about difference... Read More about Moral emotions and justifying beliefs about meat, fish, dairy and egg consumption: A comparative study of dietary groups.