Meat eaters by dissociation: How we present, prepare and talk about meat increases willingness to eat meat by reducing empathy and disgust

Appetite

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 758-774

  Kunst, Jonas R ^a,b   Hohle, Sigrid M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animals; Denial of mind; Disgust; Dissociation; Empathy; Meat

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; DISGUST; DISSOCIATION; EMPATHY; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PORK; PROCESSED MEAT; VEGETARIAN; ADULT; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CARNIVORY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EATING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NORWAY; PIG; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED MEAT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CARNIVORY; CATTLE; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DIET; EATING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; RED MEAT; SWINE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978757628     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.07.009     Document Type: Article

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