Matthias Burghart
@m_burghart
Postdoc at @MPICSL in the research group @PIC_Freiburg | Interested in psychopathy, personality, and crime | PhD from @UniKonstanz
🚨Exciting news! Our meta-analysis on executive functions in psychopathy is finally published in Psychol. Med. (#OpenAccess). Link: doi.org/10.1017/S00332… Key finding: Only SMALL (if any) EF deficits in psychopathy – challenging some prevalent assumptions. More findings 👇
🔍Why do we ignore self-relevant feedback? In our new review, we argue it's not that we don’t care—we just really like the version of ourselves we already believe in. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.cops… w/ @m_burghart , Seidl, Casali, Khalaf & @IsabelThielmann
Why is it so hard to truly know ourselves — especially morally? A new review by @m_burghart and @IsabelThielmann says self-knowledge has limits, but shows that feedback can help us grow 🌱🔍 Check it out: doi.org/10.1016/j.cops…
You wonder how to measure trait morality? We do, too! Find out more in our recent @CollabraOA paper on the Moral Character Questionnaire 👇
New personality psychology research from Nicole Casali, Ben Hilbig, and @IsabelThielmann questions the predictive validity of the Moral Character Questionnaire - particularly when it comes to predicting dishonesty or prosociality online.ucpress.edu/collabra/artic…
Eine neue Studie von @IsabelThielmann zeigt auf: Wiederholtes #Lügen ist keine Frage der Gelegenheit, sondern der #Persönlichkeit. Und: Menschen, die einmal gelogen haben, werden wahrscheinlich in ähnlichen Situationen wieder lügen. #Psychologie mpg.de/24404914/0328-…
👉Call for Papers for a special issue on the topic of “Personality and Crime” in the Zeitschrift für Psychologie (ZfP). ⏳Deadline for submissions: 15 July 2025. For more information visit: econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/21… @HogrefeVerlag @IsabelThielmann
Check out this short form of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire at econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/10…
How consistent is (dis)honest behavior? And is honesty a trait? Our new paper suggests yes! Dishonest behavior was pretty consistent across 3 years, and personality traits can predict this consistency. 👉osf.io/preprints/psya… w/ Ben Hilbig, @SchildChristoph, Daniel Heck
New synthesis of global evidence uncovers strong connection between #domesticviolence and long-term health consequences, impacting the psychological and physical well-being of millions worldwide By @MPICSL @m_burghart and @FMG_UvA @sophia_backhaus go.uva.nl/3YsCrDl
Emotional Blindness Drives Empathy Deficits in Psychopathy A new study suggests that psychopathy may be linked to alexithymia, a condition where individuals struggle to recognize and describe their own emotions. This emotional blindness contributes to deficits in empathy and…
Job alert! Postdoc in computational neuroscience of social decision making (with focus on social rule learning) w/ me, @NeuroecologyLab & @FrancescPoli. Read more about it here: tinyurl.com/353v5kjf
Psychopathen haben Schwierigkeiten, sich empathisch zu zeigen und ihre Emotionen zu regulieren. Eine neue Studie von @m_burghart zeigt: Das könnte damit zusammenhängen, dass sie an Alexithymie, auch emotionale Blindheit genannt, leiden: csl.mpg.de/719682/eiskalt…
Snapshots from our great team-building day!😊 Bouldering, board games, and plenty of fun - the perfect way to challenge ourselves outside the office and connect!