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Introduction
Main research: Public attitudes to animal sentience and welfare.
Also interested in animal welfare (particularly laboratory animal welfare), behaviour studies, advocacy and education.
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Education
September 2008 - May 2012
September 2004 - September 2005
University of Essex (Writtle College/Has Den Bosch University)
Field of study
- MSc Animal Biology and Welfare
October 2001 - June 2004

Independent Researcher
Field of study
- Animal Science
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Are animals capable of empathy, problem-solving, or even self-recognition? Much research is dedicated to answering these questions and yet few studies have considered how humans form beliefs about animal minds. Evidence suggests that our mentalising of animals is a natural consequence of Theory of Mind (ToM) capabilities. However, where beliefs reg...