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Science 2 February 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5812, p. 619
DOI: 10.1126/science.1134475
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Dimensions of Mind Perception

Heather M. Gray,* Kurt Gray, Daniel M. Wegner

Participants compared the mental capacities of various human and nonhuman characters via online surveys. Factor analysis revealed two dimensions of mind perception, Experience (for example, capacity for hunger) and Agency (for example, capacity for self-control). The dimensions predicted different moral judgments but were both related to valuing of mind.

Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hgray{at}wjh.harvard.edu

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