The present research investigated how scientific authority increases the lethal use of
animals in biomedical experimentation. In two behavioral studies (N= 151 and 150)�…

Drawing on the 'engaged followership'reinterpretation of Milgram's work on obedience, four
studies (three pre‐registered) examine the extent to which people's willingness to follow an�…

Background Previous work has noted that science stands as an ideological force insofar as
the answers it offers to a variety of fundamental questions and concerns; as such, those who�…

Updated scientific evidence for animal sentience should translate into political changes, but
a persistent gap between knowledge and practice continues to limit this very translation [1]�…

The authors investigated how 2 groups with different attitudes toward animal
experimentation–researchers who conducted animal experiments and members of animal�…

Simple Summary The biodiversity crisis, involving declines, even extinction, of many
species, threatens the well-being and livelihoods of many people directly, and everybody�…

Most research on non-human animals (hereinafter referred to as animals) involves clear
harms for the animals used, either as a direct result of research protocols or by virtue of the�…

The use of animals in psychological research and teaching raises complex scientific, social,
and ethical questions. Indeed, the animal rights movement has specifically targeted�…

Animal models are used in experiments in the behavioural neurosciences that aim to
contribute to the prevention and treatment of cognitive and affective disorders in human�…

Abstract College students (N= 315) were asked to pretend that they were serving on a
university research committee hearing a complaint against animal research being�…