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Minding some animals but not others: Strategic attributions of mental capacities and moral worth to animals used for food in pescatarians, vegetarians, and omnivores (2024)
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Ioannidou, M., Francis, K. B., Stewart-Knox, B., & Lesk, V. (2024). Minding some animals but not others: Strategic attributions of mental capacities and moral worth to animals used for food in pescatarians, vegetarians, and omnivores. Appetite, 200, Article 107559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107559

While moral concern for animals has become increasingly important for both consumer food choice and food policy makers, previous research demonstrated that meat eaters attribute lower moral status and mental capacities to animals raised for meat comp... Read More about Minding some animals but not others: Strategic attributions of mental capacities and moral worth to animals used for food in pescatarians, vegetarians, and omnivores.

To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report (2024)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Empathy Training through Virtual Reality: Moral Enhancement with the Freedom to Fall? (2023)
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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)
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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. 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.

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.

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

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 audio st... Read More about The moral foreign language effect is stable across presentation modalities.

Alcohol, empathy, and morality: acute effects of alcohol consumption on affective empathy and moral decision-making (2019)
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Francis, K., Gummerum, M., Ganis, G., Howard, I. S., & Terbeck, S. (2019). Alcohol, empathy, and morality: acute effects of alcohol consumption on affective empathy and moral decision-making. Psychopharmacology, 236, 3477 - 3496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-019-05314-z

Rationale Hypothetical moral dilemmas, pitting characteristically utilitarian and non-utilitarian outcomes against each other, have played a central role in investigations of moral decision-making. Preferences for utilitarian over non-utilitarian re... Read More about Alcohol, empathy, and morality: acute effects of alcohol consumption on affective empathy and moral decision-making.

A Corpus Study of “Know”: On The Verification of Philosophers’ Frequency Claims about Language (2019)
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Hansen, N., Porter, J., & Francis, K. (2019). A Corpus Study of “Know”: On The Verification of Philosophers’ Frequency Claims about Language. Episteme, 18, 242-268. https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2019.15

AbstractWe investigate claims about the frequency of “know” made by philosophers. Our investigation has several overlapping aims. First, we aim to show what is required to confirm or disconfirm philosophers’ claims about the comparative frequency of... Read More about A Corpus Study of “Know”: On The Verification of Philosophers’ Frequency Claims about Language.

Our gift to all of Us: GA(Y)AM: Preface (2017)
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Loesche, F., Łucznik, K., Denham, S. L., Drayson, H., Francis, K. B., Maranan, D. S., & Punt, M. (2017). Our gift to all of Us: GA(Y)AM: Preface. Avant, 8(Special Issue), 13-16. https://doi.org/10.26913/80s02017.0111.0001

This special issue of AVANT is all about Cognitive Innovation. It is not about CogNovo, the interdisciplinary and international doctoral training programme that produced three different Off the Lip events. It is not about Off the Lip 2017, the novel... Read More about Our gift to all of Us: GA(Y)AM: Preface.

Virtual morality in the helping professions: Simulated action and resilience (2017)
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Francis, K. B., Gummerum, M., Ganis, G., Howard, I. S., & Terbeck, S. (2018). Virtual morality in the helping professions: Simulated action and resilience. British Journal of Psychology, 109(3), 442 - 465. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12276

Recent advances in virtual technologies have allowed the investigation of simulated moral actions in aversive moral dilemmas. Previous studies have employed diverse populations to explore these actions, with little research considering the significan... Read More about Virtual morality in the helping professions: Simulated action and resilience.