Mind your meat : religious differences in the social perception of animals

• Main Authors: Manokara, Kunalan, Lee, Albert, Kamble, Shanmukh V., Krumhuber, Eva G.
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Mind Perception; Animal Consumption
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151655
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

While previous work demonstrated that animals are categorised based on their edibility, little research has systematically evaluated the role of religion in the perception of animal edibility, particularly when specific animals are deemed sacred in a religion. In two studies, we explored a key psych...