Matthias Forstmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4268191 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthias Forstmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthias |
| FAMILY NAME | Forstmann |
| SIGNATURE | FORSTMANN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5253-183X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Structural explanations reduce moral outrage toward AI but not human ethnic discrimination in credit lending
The present research replicates and extends this effect to ethnicity-based discrimination (based on migration background) in credit lending. Participants in our study morally evaluated scenarios of discriminatory credit lending decisions made by either a bank employee or an AI. Results support the algorithmic outrage deficit: Participants expressed less moral outrage toward AI than toward human discrimination, mediated by an attenuated attributio…
The nature of mind scale (Noms): Validation of an eight-dimensional scale assessing beliefs about the relationship between mind and matter
We developed and validated the Nature of Mind Scale (NOMS), a 24-item measure assessing lay beliefs about eight distinct philosophical positions on the mind-body relationship. Given the limitations of existing measures and the theoretical diversity of mind-body positions, our goal was to develop a comprehensive yet practical scale that could capture the full range of philosophical stances without reducing them to overly simplified dimensions. Acr…
Outsourcing Corruption: The Role of Fate Beliefs and Motivated Fate Attributions in Delegating Decisions About Corrupt Behaviour
Corruption often involves collective actions rather than clandestine individual efforts. It is also socially facilitated via tacit complicity influenced by norms and beliefs. Five studies examine the delegation of decisions about corrupt behaviour as a social form of corruption and the role of attributing outcomes of delegated corrupt decisions to fate. In three correlational studies, belief in fate (i.e., perceiving events as ‘meant to be’ and p…
The Content, Consistency and Accuracy of Stereotypes About Recreational Users of Various Psychoactive Substances
We investigated the content, consistency and accuracy (i.e., convergence with self‐assessment) of stereotypes about recreational users of common psychoactive substances. In Study 1 ( N = 470), participants rated a typical occasional user of one of seven substances (cannabis, MDMA, heroin, LSD, cocaine, amphetamine and alcohol) on personality traits, values and other attributes. Results revealed distinct and highly consistent stereotypes across su…
Religiosity predicts the delegation of decisions between moral and self-serving immoral outcomes
Perceiving intraorganizational mobility ameliorates the effects of low-level position on detrimental workplace attitudes and behaviors
How do the perceived chances to get a better position in a company affect how individuals feel and behave towards their employer? Confirming the theory of relative deprivation, recent research showed that social mobility belief has attenuating effects on anger about one's relative social standing. When an individual believes they can change their current social status, negative affect about one's disadvantaged standing is appeased compared to whe…
Moralizing mental states: The role of trait self-control and control perceptions
How psychedelic researchers’ self-admitted substance use and their association with psychedelic culture affect people’s perceptions of their scientific integrity and the quality of their research
Across three studies (total N = 952), we tested how self-admitted use of psychedelics and association with psychedelic culture affects the public’s evaluation of researchers’ scientific integrity and of the quality of their research. In Studies 1 and 2, we found that self-admitted substance use negatively affected people’s assessment of a fictitious researcher’s integrity (i.e. being unbiased, professional, and honest), but not of the quality of …
A free will needs a free mind: Belief in substance dualism and reductive physicalism differentially predict belief in free will and determinism
Mind-Body Dualism and Health Revisited: How Belief in Dualism Shapes Health Behavior
Does a sound mind require a sound body? Whether or not lay people subscribe to this notion depends on their belief in mind-body dualism and critically shapes their health-related behaviors. Six studies (N = 1,710) revisit the relation between dualism and health. We replicate the negative correlation between belief in dualism and health behavior (Study 1) and extend it to behavior in the field (Study 2). Studies 3a and 3b investigate how belief in…
Activating Christian religious concepts increases intolerance of ambiguity and judgment certainty
Activating Christian religious concepts increases intolerance of ambiguity and judgment certainty
Mind-Body Dualism and Health Revisited: How Belief in Dualism Shapes Health Behavior
Does a sound mind require a sound body? Whether or not lay people subscribe to this notion depends on their belief in mind-body dualism and critically shapes their health-related behaviors. Six studies (N = 1,710) revisit the relation between dualism and health. We replicate the negative correlation between belief in dualism and health behavior (Study 1) and extend it to behavior in the field (Study 2). Studies 3a and 3b investigate how belief in…
Religiosity predicts the delegation of decisions between moral and self-serving immoral outcomes
Outsourcing Corruption: The Role of Fate Beliefs and Motivated Fate Attributions in Delegating Decisions About Corrupt Behaviour
Corruption often involves collective actions rather than clandestine individual efforts. It is also socially facilitated via tacit complicity influenced by norms and beliefs. Five studies examine the delegation of decisions about corrupt behaviour as a social form of corruption and the role of attributing outcomes of delegated corrupt decisions to fate. In three correlational studies, belief in fate (i.e., perceiving events as ‘meant to be’ and p…
Activating Christian religious concepts increases intolerance of ambiguity and judgment certainty
A free will needs a free mind: Belief in substance dualism and reductive physicalism differentially predict belief in free will and determinism
Mind-Body Dualism and Health Revisited: How Belief in Dualism Shapes Health Behavior
Does a sound mind require a sound body? Whether or not lay people subscribe to this notion depends on their belief in mind-body dualism and critically shapes their health-related behaviors. Six studies (N = 1,710) revisit the relation between dualism and health. We replicate the negative correlation between belief in dualism and health behavior (Study 1) and extend it to behavior in the field (Study 2). Studies 3a and 3b investigate how belief in…
Moralizing mental states: The role of trait self-control and control perceptions
How psychedelic researchers’ self-admitted substance use and their association with psychedelic culture affect people’s perceptions of their scientific integrity and the quality of their research
Across three studies (total N = 952), we tested how self-admitted use of psychedelics and association with psychedelic culture affects the public’s evaluation of researchers’ scientific integrity and of the quality of their research. In Studies 1 and 2, we found that self-admitted substance use negatively affected people’s assessment of a fictitious researcher’s integrity (i.e. being unbiased, professional, and honest), but not of the quality of …
Perceiving intraorganizational mobility ameliorates the effects of low-level position on detrimental workplace attitudes and behaviors
How do the perceived chances to get a better position in a company affect how individuals feel and behave towards their employer? Confirming the theory of relative deprivation, recent research showed that social mobility belief has attenuating effects on anger about one's relative social standing. When an individual believes they can change their current social status, negative affect about one's disadvantaged standing is appeased compared to whe…
Religiosity predicts the delegation of decisions between moral and self-serving immoral outcomes
Outsourcing Corruption: The Role of Fate Beliefs and Motivated Fate Attributions in Delegating Decisions About Corrupt Behaviour
Corruption often involves collective actions rather than clandestine individual efforts. It is also socially facilitated via tacit complicity influenced by norms and beliefs. Five studies examine the delegation of decisions about corrupt behaviour as a social form of corruption and the role of attributing outcomes of delegated corrupt decisions to fate. In three correlational studies, belief in fate (i.e., perceiving events as ‘meant to be’ and p…
The Content, Consistency and Accuracy of Stereotypes About Recreational Users of Various Psychoactive Substances
We investigated the content, consistency and accuracy (i.e., convergence with self‐assessment) of stereotypes about recreational users of common psychoactive substances. In Study 1 ( N = 470), participants rated a typical occasional user of one of seven substances (cannabis, MDMA, heroin, LSD, cocaine, amphetamine and alcohol) on personality traits, values and other attributes. Results revealed distinct and highly consistent stereotypes across su…
Structural explanations reduce moral outrage toward AI but not human ethnic discrimination in credit lending
The present research replicates and extends this effect to ethnicity-based discrimination (based on migration background) in credit lending. Participants in our study morally evaluated scenarios of discriminatory credit lending decisions made by either a bank employee or an AI. Results support the algorithmic outrage deficit: Participants expressed less moral outrage toward AI than toward human discrimination, mediated by an attenuated attributio…
The nature of mind scale (Noms): Validation of an eight-dimensional scale assessing beliefs about the relationship between mind and matter
We developed and validated the Nature of Mind Scale (NOMS), a 24-item measure assessing lay beliefs about eight distinct philosophical positions on the mind-body relationship. Given the limitations of existing measures and the theoretical diversity of mind-body positions, our goal was to develop a comprehensive yet practical scale that could capture the full range of philosophical stances without reducing them to overly simplified dimensions. Acr…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (6 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Attribution (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works) · Delegation (2 works)