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An appetite for meat? Disentangling the influence of animal resemblance and fam...
Possidónio, C.; Piazza, J.; Graça, J.; Prada, M.Consumers in modern society are often less exposed to meat that resembles the animal, and thus are less familiar with it, making it difficult to disentangle the influence of these two inputs (familiarity vs. animal resemblance) on meat appetite. Across three studies, we sought to systematically disentangle the impact of familiarity and animal resemblance on meat appetite using inductive (Study 1) and experiment...
Consumer perceptions of conventional and alternative protein sources: a mixed-m...
Possidónio, C.; Prada, M.; Graça, J.; Piazza, J.Understanding consumer perceptions of meat alternatives is key to facilitating a shift toward more sustainable food consumption. Importantly, these perceptions may vary according to the characteristics of the consumer (e.g., preferences, motivations), the product (e.g., sensory attributes) and the encounter (e.g., how the meat alternative is presented/framed). Qualitative and quantitative methods were applied t...
From pets to pests: Testing the scope of the “Pets as Ambassadors” hypothesis
Possidónio, C.; Piazza, J.; Graça, J.; Prada, M.Positive relationships with pets can sometimes foster more positive judgments of other animals. The present study sought to examine the scope of this “pets as ambassadors” effect in relation to four meaningful animal categories (companion, farmed, predator, and pest) derived from the Animal Images Database (Animal.ID). The Animal.ID contains ratings from 376 Portuguese individuals on pet attachment and several ...
Animal images database: validation of 120 images for human-animal studies
Possidónio, C.; Graça, J.; Piazza, J.; Prada, M.There has been increasing interest in the study of human-animal relations. This contrasts with the lack of normative resources and materials for research purposes. We present subjective norms for a set of 120 open-source colour images of animals spanning a total of 12 biological categories (e.g., mammals, insects, reptiles, arachnids). Participants (N = 509, 55.2% female, MAge = 28.05, SD = 9.84) were asked to ...