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Feeling morally troubled about meat, dairy, egg, and fish consumption: Dissonance reduction strategies among different dietary groups (2023)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Moral psychology of nursing robots: Exploring the role of robots in dilemmas of patient autonomy (2022)
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Laakasuo, M., Palomäki, J., Kunnari, A., Rauhala, S., Drosinou, M., Halonen, J., …Francis, K. B. (2023). Moral psychology of nursing robots: Exploring the role of robots in dilemmas of patient autonomy. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(1), 108-128. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2890

Artificial intelligences (AIs) are widely used in tasks ranging from transportation to healthcare and military, but it is not yet known how people prefer them to act in ethically difficult situations. In five studies (an anthropological field study,... Read More about Moral psychology of nursing robots: Exploring the role of robots in dilemmas of patient autonomy.

Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour (2022)
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Francis, K., & McNabb, C. (2022). Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769177

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose significant health, economic, and social challenges. Given that many of these challenges have moral relevance, the present studies investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic is influencing moral decision-making... Read More about Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour.

Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour (2022)
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Francis, K. B., & McNabb, C. B. (2022). Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769177

This is the first (published) empirical research study to longitudinally investigate the moralisation of covid-related behaviours through the course of the pandemic and its relationship to utilitarian principles. The study tested individuals prior to... Read More about Moral Decision-Making During COVID-19: Moral Judgements, Moralisation, and Everyday Behaviour.

The moral foreign language effect is stable across presentation modalities (2020)
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Muda, R., Pieńkosz, D., Francis, K., & Białek, M. (2020). The moral foreign language effect is stable across presentation modalities. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1930 - 1938. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021820935072

<jats:p> People’s judgements and decisions often change when made in their foreign language. Existing research testing this foreign language effect has predominantly used text-based stimuli with little research focusing on the impact of listening to... Read More about The moral foreign language effect is stable across presentation modalities.