A fortnightly series of talks, with a variety of guest speakers. <\/p>\n
Hosted by Professor Roger Giner-Sorolla<\/a>, Cafe\u0301 Psychology is a fortnightly talk led by a variety of different speakers from the School of Psychology<\/a>. Each talk is unique, based on either research interests and or hot topics in Psychology!<\/p>\n Psychology student Yunye Chen attended Dr Stefan Leach’s <\/a>talk on ‘Moral memory bias about the sentience of animals’ in Week 16<\/p>\n “How Dr Stefan Leach presented his ideas was extremely fascinating. <\/span>He presented a<\/span>\u00a0series of studies<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>explo<\/span>re\u00a0<\/span>how people possibly maintain motivated beliefs about animals\u2019 sentience<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Towards the end of the talk, Dr Leach discussed the question of<\/span>\u00a0whether\u00a0<\/span>such motivated beliefs\u00a0<\/span>can be said to objectively underestimate or overestimate\u00a0animals\u2019 sentience<\/span>.”<\/span><\/p>\n “The session also featured<\/span>\u00a0“a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>brilliant<\/span>\u00a0discussion between Dr Leach and the host.\u00a0<\/span>Y<\/span>ou can see how their thoughts were formed and how they were trying to bring knowledge from different studies together to generate new ideas.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I am very much<\/span>\u00a0looking forward to the next talk in two weeks\u2019 time.\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>strongly recommend<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>you<\/span>\u00a0c<\/span>heck<\/span>\u00a0it<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>out\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Moo<\/span>dle <\/span><\/a>to review past talks and see what may interest you.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n