Personal profile
Research interests
I am a research associate in the School of Psychological Science, and my research interests lie in anything related to Social Psychology, but especially social cognition and intergroup relations.
A large part of my research has focused on the study of Human-Animal relations using the theoretical tools from social psychology (e.g., generalized prejudice, cognitive dissonance), and it is in this context that I've joined, as a postdoc, a multidisciplinary and international project aiming at better understand why rabies persists as a major public health issue in India (https://rohindies.org/).
I'm also a big Open Science enthusiast, very interested by replications and large-scale collaborative research (also called 'Big Team Science').
Education/Academic qualification
Social Psychology, PhD, Contextual and individual factors facilitating and legitimizing harm toward laboratory animals: a social psychological perspective, Université Grenoble Alpes
1 Oct 2018 → 29 Nov 2022
Award Date: 29 Nov 2022
Research expertise keywords
- Social psychology
- Experimental Psychology
- Personality
- Human-Animal Relations
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Meatless but not mindless: Cognitive style, meat exclusion and the role of underlying motives
Bègue, L. & Vezirian, K., Aug 2025, In: Food Quality and Preference. 129, 7 p., 105496.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-significant results as for the association between heart rate variability, personality, and the objectification of lab-animals into the conduct of animal testing
Vezirian, K., Beffara, B. & Bègue, L., 2025, In: Social Neuroscience. 20, 2, p. 53-66 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Black-and-White” thinking: Does visual contrast polarize moral judgment? Independent replications and extension of Zarkadi and Schnall’s (2013) Study 1
Vezirian, K., Sarda, E., Bègue, L., Laine, P.-J. & IJzerman, H., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 117, 13 p., 104712.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Multilab Replication of the Induced-Compliance Paradigm of Cognitive Dissonance
Vaidis, D. C., Sleegers, W. W. A., van Leeuwen, F., DeMarree, K. G., Sætrevik, B., Ross, R. M., Schmidt, K., Protzko, J., Morvinski, C., Ghasemi, O., Roberts, A. J., Stone, J., Bran, A., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Gunsoy, C., Moussaoui, L. S., Smith, A. R., Nugier, A., Fayant, M. P. & Al-Hoorie, A. H. & 87 others, , Feb 2024, In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 7, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Instrumental harm toward animals in a milgram-like experiment in France: The role of nonpathological personality traits
Bègue, L. & Vezirian, K., 2024, Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence: A Psycho-Criminological Understanding. Chan, H. C. & Wong, R. W. Y. (eds.). USA: Wiley-Liss, p. 111-127 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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