Miscellaneous
In this episode of VeganSci, we update you with some Quick Science, including: Clever horses who communicate with humans, whether difficult conversations about animal agriculture influences peoples' thoughts about it, how to tell if your rat is happy, and why some scientists are scared of animal rights. We get stuck in-depth into a paper focused on the effect of environmental food labelling on customer choice, with some possible lessons to learn for vegan labelling, and then a review of peoples' perceptions and beliefs regarding plant-based diets (and vegetarianism). And finally in the bullshit corner we tackle the idea that 'a single person going vegan isn't going to make a difference anyway, so why bother?' You can find links to all of the research we discussed below. Let us know if we missed anything. Intro Section (0:00 - 3:20)Killing of Badgers in the UK - http://tinyurl.com/j8qo9uj Research on Badgers spreading TB - http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v439/n7078/full/nature04454.html Quick SciencePaper 1 (3:20 - 6:25)Title: Domestic Horses send signals to humans when they face with an unsolvable taskAuthors: M. Ringhofer & S. YamamotoJournal: Animal Cognition Paper 2 (6:25 -9:42)Title: Changes in student perceptions of food animal agriculture following discussion of controversial topics (open access - pdf linked)Authors: Daniel H. Poole, Jeannette A. Moore & Sarah E. LyonsJournal: North American Colleges of Teachers of Agriculture Paper 3 (9:42 - 11:50)Title: Facial indicators of positive emotions in rats (open access)Authors: Kathryn Finlayson, Jessica F. Lampe, Sara Hintze, Hanno Wurbel & Luca MelottiJournal: PLOSone Paper 4 (11:50 - 15:16)Title: What life scientists should know about security threatsAuthors: Kavita M. BergerJournal: Science In-depth SciencePaper 1 (15:16 - 27:34)Title: Effect of environmental food labeling on customers food purchase (open access)Authors: Helena B. SlapøInstiution: Norwegian School of Economics - Masters Thesis Paper 2 (31:25 - 47:33)Title: Understanding the attitudes and perceptions of vegetarian and plant-based diets to shape future health promotion programsAuthors: Tricia Corrin & Andrew PepadopoulasJournal: Appetite Bullshit Corner (27:34 - 31:25)How many animals does a vegan save? It may be more than we eluded too - http://tinyurl.com/jeec3kl. Let us know what you think or what source you think is most reliable. If you can’t access the papers try searching the title in google, sometimes you can find a pdf that way, or you could try look for it on Reseach Gate. If you still can't find it it worth emailing the corresponding author directly and asking nicely for a copy. Most authors will be more than happy to share their research with you. Happy Reading!