Table 1.

Bastian et al. (2012) Studies 1 and 2: Summary of hypotheses.

HYPOTHESIS	PREDICTION
1a	Mind attribution is negatively associated with perceived edibility of animals.
1b	Mind attribution is positively associated with negative affect regarding eating animals.
1c	Mind attribution is positively associated with moral concern for animals.
2	Being told that animals will be raised for meat consumption (compared to being told they will live as grazing animals) leads to denial of mind for those animals.