Benjamin Buttlar
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Trier. I'm particularly interested in cognitive conflicts and how people make and follow through with decisions that go against their attitudes.
Check out my work at benjaminbuttlar.de
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarThe perfect preparation article for the february #ScienceandFiction short story coming up! 👇
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarIn genau einer Woche findet unser nächstes Kolloquium statt! Am 16.1. um 12 Uhr nimmt uns @helenahartmann.com mit in die Welt von "Science and Fiction - WissKomm mit fiktionalen Kurzgeschichten". Nähere Infos und die Anmeldung findet ihr im Bild. Wir freuen uns auf euch! @scienceandfiction.net
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarIt has been a while since @flavioazevedo.bsky.social asked me to take over the Reversals project at @forrt.bsky.social... It has since evolved beyond my wildest dreams, mostly thanks to @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & @lukaswallrich.bsky.social. We are very proud of the Replication Hub & Database ♥️
- Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar💊 New #ScienceandFiction short story 💊 This time, the brilliant Biljana Gjoneska wrote about the Matrix - but hundreds of years later... 🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/35_t... 🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3... #scicomm #wisskomm #sciencefiction #shortstories
- Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar🚨 SynthNet is out 🚨 Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarAt ZPID we are searching for a tenure track assistant professor for Psychological Metascience in joint appointment with @unitrier.bsky.social preferably someone who has conducted quantitative research in metascience in psychology or related disciplines. Questions? Feel free to contact me personally.
- Das hat wirklich Spaß gemacht!! Vielen Dank für die Möglichkeit euch ein bisschen was über science slams zu erzählen und die spannende Diskussion! 🙂
- Wir freuen uns sehr über die rege Teilnahme an unserem ersten #WissKomm Kolloquium gestern sowie die anregende Diskussion. Noch einmal vielen Dank an @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social für den spannenden Beitrag! Jetzt schon vormerken: Weiter gehts am 19.12., 12 Uhr, mit einem Einblick in die #Forschung!
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarHeute um 12 Uhr startet unsere Kolloquiumsreihe mit einem Vortrag zu Science Slams! #WissKomm #Forschung
- Los geht unser Kolloquium Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm nächsten Freitag (21.11.) um 12 Uhr mit einem Beitrag von @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social zum Thema Science Slam.
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarMorgen startet wir mit unseren #WissKomm Lunch Talks der @psycomm.bsky.social - wer ist dabei? 🥳
- Habt ihr euch den ersten Vortrag unserer #WissKomm Kolloquiums-Reihe schon in den Kalender eingetragen? Seid diesen Freitag dabei, wenn @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social über das Format Science Slam spricht! 📆 21.11.2025, 12:00 Uhr
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarHabt ihr euch den ersten Vortrag unserer #WissKomm Kolloquiums-Reihe schon in den Kalender eingetragen? Seid diesen Freitag dabei, wenn @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social über das Format Science Slam spricht! 📆 21.11.2025, 12:00 Uhr
- Los geht unser Kolloquium Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm nächsten Freitag (21.11.) um 12 Uhr mit einem Beitrag von @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social zum Thema Science Slam.
- Rosi und ich freuen uns schon darauf! Im Science Slam erklären wir, warum wir manchmal bei Entscheidungen, wie etwa beim Fleischessen, hin- und hergerissen sind und was das mit uns macht. Wenn du mehr über diese Ambivalenz oder Wissenschaftskommunikation im Allgemeinen wissen willst, komm vorbei!
- Los geht unser Kolloquium Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm nächsten Freitag (21.11.) um 12 Uhr mit einem Beitrag von @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social zum Thema Science Slam.
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarAnkündigung: Kolloquium Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm 🧑🏫 Einblicke in innovative WissKomm-Formate & aktuelle Forschungsthemen 💬 Austausch über konkrete Erfahrungen aus Praxis und Forschung aus Perspektive der Psychologie 📆 3. Freitag im Monat um 12 Uhr
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- 🧵 New paper alert! People enjoy eating meat but often feel uneasy when being reminded that it comes from animals. To understand how people avoid this conflict, our new study explores how food preparation helps people mentally separate meat from its animal origins. Here’s what we found 👇 1/9
- Many people experience meat-related conflict. This has often been discussed in light of the so-called meat paradox: People like eating meat but don’t like harming animals. One way people avoid this conflict? They dissociate — mentally separating meat from the animal it once was. 2/9
- Food preparation helps with this dissociation. Cooking, chopping, and seasoning can hide reminders like blood or animal body parts — making meat feel less like an animal and more like… food. 3/9
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View full threadFinally, I want to give a huge thank you to @lenahahn.bsky.social and Monique Chambon, who were instrumental in bringing this paper to life. As always, it was a pleasure working with you! 9/9
- I tried it, and it was a great experience! You've got to check out the work by Helena and her guest writers! See if it's something you'd like as well - you won't be disappointed if you are interested in science and fiction!
- Have you ever tried explaining your research with ... a short story?! 🤔 Believe me, it's extremely gratifying to change your perspective and let your creativity run loose. 💙 Then YOU can be a guest author for @scienceandfiction.net! 😱 DM me for more info 😁
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- Do you sometimes feel torn when making decisions, like whether to eat unhealthy food or recycle? This is called felt ambivalence: a psychological discomfort from having mixed feelings about something. Check out our new work to know how people resolve such conflicts: doi.org/10.1016/j.je... 🧠💥 1/10
- It’s long been assumed that people cope with this discomfort by seeking out information to sway their attitude one way or the other. Thereby, they ought to resolve the attitudinal basis of their conflict. But… do they really? 2/10
- The problem? Most studies only measure intentions to seek information, rather than actual behavior. So we don’t really know if information seeking works to reduce ambivalence when people make real decisions. 🤔📉📈 3/10
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View full threadBig shoutout to my amazing collaborators: Anna Lambrich, Linda McCaughey, and Iris K. Schneider. This work would not have been possible without you. 🙌 The paper is out now in @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social . Check it out for more details! 📄🔍10/10 #AcademicSky #PsychSky #DecisionMaking #Ambivalence
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarPsyArXiv is now down to only ~40% of the backlog we started with, thanks to our amazing moderators 🎉 To all mods: thank you so much for your hard work! Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :) #PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
- Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption. Details here: PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7... Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarHow complete are preregistrations? Short answer: 53% include all 6 procedural specifications Medium answer: 🧵 Long answer: check out my publication with A. Glöckner @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social J. Hellmann, J. Lange, S. Schindler & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/2515...
- Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar📢 New commentary out today in Nature Human Behaviour! We argue that behavior change interventions often suffer from a one-sided success focus. But failures may reveal structural barriers people face. 🔗 rdcu.be/ex8hR #BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarAm 14. September gibt es in Bochum eine Abendrevue zu Verschwörungserzählungen, die ich mit @pialamberty.bsky.social und @lpummerer.bsky.social gestalte unter Mitwirkung von @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social und sekten-info-nrw.de. Tickets sind begrenzt und unter dem Link bestellbar.
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- I took part in a Deutschlandfunk Lebenszeit discussion round today on why it's so difficult to stop eating meat. We covered a wide range of topics, and I was glad to contribute a social psychological perspective. It was also great to hear from and speak with listeners live on air. 1/2
- If you're interested (conversation in German), you can listen here: www.deutschlandfunk.de/grillen-doen... #meat #vegetarianism #socialpsych #dlf 2/2
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarRare open-rank researcher job in environmental psychology, Copenhagen employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
- Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar🪧New preprint out: "Politicians underestimate support for climate action even more than the general public" osf.io/preprints/os... Pluralistic ignorance - citizens underestimating others' climate concerns - is well documented. But what about policymakers in office?🏛️🤔 A short thread 🧵
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- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarSpringer-Nature launched a series of "Discover" journals that closely mimic MDPI titles -- sharing *identical* journal names, and likely similar business model. What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it? A 🧵 the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
- Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar📣 Excited to share our new preprint: "Measuring Perceived Structural Constraints on Choice: The Structural Awareness Scale" (SAS) osf.io/preprints/os... We developed SAS to capture how people perceive 🧱 structural barriers on their choices in areas such as sustainability or healthy eating.
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarSince 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com
- 🚨 New study on ambivalence & meat consumption 🚨 We tracked 808 German & Dutch students for 7 months to understand how and when ambivalence drives dietary change—both toward and away from meat. Let’s talk inner conflict, moralization & lapses 🍖🥬🧠 1/7
- We often assume that ambivalence (feeling torn) leads to action. But what kind of ambivalence matters? And does it always lead to change in the same direction? 2/7
- We used Cross-Lagged Panel Models to explore dynamic relationships over time for omnivores as well as vegetarians and veg*ans : • meat-related ambivalence • meat consumption in omnivores • dietary strictness in vegetarians and vegans 📅 7 months 👥 808 students 🌍 Germany & Netherlands 3/7
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View full threadTake a look at the full paper if you’re working on cognitive conflict, moral psychology, or dietary behavior. The open access paper is published at SPPS: doi.org/10.1177/1948... Happy to chat! 💬 7/7
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- Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar🚨 JOB! Full professorship (W3) in Personality Psychology / Interindividual Differences & Psychological Assessment at Uni Bremen. I hold the "sister professorship" is social psych & very much recommend this post. Please apply, share widely & don't hestiate to ask me! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarDu bist Psychologe/-in, interessierst dich für Wissenschaftskommunikation in Forschung oder Praxis und möchtest dich vernetzen? Werde jetzt Mitglied der neuen @dgps.bsky.social Interessengruppe. Wir von @de.in-mind.org sind auch dabei! Mehr Infos & Anmeldung zum ersten Treffen nächste Woche ⬇️
- Hallo #AcademicSky - wir sind PsyComm, die neue Interessengruppe für Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm der @dgps.bsky.social. Wir möchten Wissenschaft und Praxis vernetzen, Evidenz und Expertise zum Thema zusammentragen und neue Vorhaben initiieren. Jetzt mitmachen: forms.gle/DGpav3jCUHCi...
- Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar🧪 “Science serves society best when its integrity is protected from political influence.” It’s a welcome development for the American Psychological Association (APA) starting to speak up, now after 1,000+ terminated NSF grants 👏 updates.apaservices.org/statement-on...
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarJob Alert: We are searching for a postdoc (1 fte, 22 months) for a DFG-funded project on bias reduction via cognitive conflicts. Feel free to contact me via e-mail (address provided in the post) or DM. leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/ux0vb9i0
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- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarDo you perceive meat differently depending on the degree of preparation? Short answer: yes (multilevel modeling), but no distinct underlying mechanisms (network analysis) Medium answer: 🧵 Long answer: check out our new preprint 😊 Project with @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social & M. Chambon
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- Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally. Contribute & co-author: 🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com 📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni... #EnvironmentalPsychology
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- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarGo go go! 11000 Wissenschaftler:innen aus DE, sehr stark! Vielleicht an der Zeit für @taz.de, @derfreitag.bsky.social, @zeit.de, @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy und co. das Ganze mal aufzugreifen.
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarNew blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words! If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance. www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarI’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :( So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
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- Reposted by Benjamin ButtlarDefunding the world’s leading scientific community is akin to a performing a prefrontal lobotomy on the nation—you are effectively severing the connections between the most innovative ideas and its citizens. Cutting support for science harms everyone! www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/a-national...
