Benjamin Buttlar
@benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social
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
Check out my work at benjaminbuttlar.de
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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
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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
📆 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.
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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
📆 21.11.2025, 12:00 Uhr
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!
Wenn du mehr über diese Ambivalenz oder Wissenschaftskommunikation im Allgemeinen wissen willst, komm vorbei!
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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!
Wenn du mehr über diese Ambivalenz oder Wissenschaftskommunikation im Allgemeinen wissen willst, komm vorbei!
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Ankündigung: 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
🧑🏫 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
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Ankündigung: 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
🧑🏫 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
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
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🧵 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
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
🧵 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
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
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🧵 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
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
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 😁
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 😁
This is 💙 Science & Fiction 💙 where scientific results & fictional stories intersect.
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read exciting fictional stories ✨
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
Support: ko-fi.com/scienceandfi...
#scicomm #wisskomm
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read exciting fictional stories ✨
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
Support: ko-fi.com/scienceandfi...
#scicomm #wisskomm
October 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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!
Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar
🎉👶 Welcome to the last new born in the Open Science effort!
Replication Research is a diamond open access journal dedicated to robust, transparent and reproducible science.
#OpenScience #ScientificPublication #Replication #OpenAccess
Replication Research is a diamond open access journal dedicated to robust, transparent and reproducible science.
#OpenScience #ScientificPublication #Replication #OpenAccess
Replication Research
Replication Research is a diamond open-access and researcher-led journal that publishes reproductions, replications, and conceptual articles on repetitive research
www.uni-muenster.de
October 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🎉👶 Welcome to the last new born in the Open Science effort!
Replication Research is a diamond open access journal dedicated to robust, transparent and reproducible science.
#OpenScience #ScientificPublication #Replication #OpenAccess
Replication Research is a diamond open access journal dedicated to robust, transparent and reproducible science.
#OpenScience #ScientificPublication #Replication #OpenAccess
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Mich beschäftigt schon lange die Frage, wie Klimapolitik so gestaltet werden kann, dass sie zugleich soziale Gerechtigkeit stärkt. #Mobilität spielt dabei eine zentrale Rolle: Sie bestimmt, wer Zugang zu gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe hat – und sie hat Einfluss auf Lebensqualität. (1/X)
September 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mich beschäftigt schon lange die Frage, wie Klimapolitik so gestaltet werden kann, dass sie zugleich soziale Gerechtigkeit stärkt. #Mobilität spielt dabei eine zentrale Rolle: Sie bestimmt, wer Zugang zu gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe hat – und sie hat Einfluss auf Lebensqualität. (1/X)
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This was a true mess with a ton of AI-generated word salad slop being submitted as preprints. The field owes these moderators a huge thanks for all the work and energy! 🙏👏
PsyArXiv's amazing team of 100+ moderators has now approved all preprints that meet the requirements outlined in the updated PsyArXiv policies (is.gd/paxpolicy). Thank you to everyone who volunteered, this was a true community effort! #PsychSciSky
About PsyArXiv – PsyArXiv Blog
What is PsyArXiv? PsyArXiv (psychology archive) is an open preprint archive designed to facilitate rapid dissemination of psychological research. PsyArXiv is a creation of the Society for the…
is.gd
September 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This was a true mess with a ton of AI-generated word salad slop being submitted as preprints. The field owes these moderators a huge thanks for all the work and energy! 🙏👏
Reposted by Benjamin Buttlar
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
Redirecting
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September 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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
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Nice 🧵 about a brand new paper in our journal! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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
Redirecting
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September 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Nice 🧵 about a brand new paper in our journal! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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
Redirecting
doi.org
September 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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
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PsyArXiv 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
Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)
#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
August 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
PsyArXiv 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
Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)
#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
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🚨 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...
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...
Doctoral Researcher (m,f,x)
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
August 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚨 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...
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...
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How 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...
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...
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Completeness of Preregistrations by Psychological Authors From German-Speaking Institutions - Lena Hahn, Andreas Glöckner, Mario Gollwitzer, Jens Hellmann, Jens Lange, S...
Preregistering confirmatory research aims at reducing researchers’ degrees of freedom and increasing transparency to ultimately increase replicability. Yet the ...
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
How 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...
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...
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📢 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
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
July 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢 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
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
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Am 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.
July 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Am 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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Hi! Ich bin Rima und freu mich, euch diese Woche bei @realscientists.de bei meiner Arbeit mitzunehmen 🥳 Worum wird's gehen?
👩🏻🔬 Forschung: Entscheidungsprozesse, normatives Verhalten (Regeln befolgen?!), Informationsverarbeitung, Drittmittelvergabe
👩🏻🏫 Lehre: Abschlussarbeiten
👩🏻🔬 Forschung: Entscheidungsprozesse, normatives Verhalten (Regeln befolgen?!), Informationsverarbeitung, Drittmittelvergabe
👩🏻🏫 Lehre: Abschlussarbeiten
July 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Hi! Ich bin Rima und freu mich, euch diese Woche bei @realscientists.de bei meiner Arbeit mitzunehmen 🥳 Worum wird's gehen?
👩🏻🔬 Forschung: Entscheidungsprozesse, normatives Verhalten (Regeln befolgen?!), Informationsverarbeitung, Drittmittelvergabe
👩🏻🏫 Lehre: Abschlussarbeiten
👩🏻🔬 Forschung: Entscheidungsprozesse, normatives Verhalten (Regeln befolgen?!), Informationsverarbeitung, Drittmittelvergabe
👩🏻🏫 Lehre: Abschlussarbeiten
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
July 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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
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Rare open-rank researcher job in environmental psychology, Copenhagen employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Call for open-rank academic position in Environmental Psychology and Sustainability
employment.ku.dk
July 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Rare open-rank researcher job in environmental psychology, Copenhagen employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
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🪧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 🧵
"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 🧵
OSF
osf.io
July 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🪧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 🧵
"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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Will I see you for #SIPS2025? If you're around on Wednesday, come drop by at our #hackaton where we'll work on (re)writing the book ✏📖 on Social Psychology creating an Open Educational Resource. We will document shifts in the field and revisit classic studies in light of recent replication efforts.
Join us for the exciting unconferences during #SIPS2025 in Budapest on June 25-27!
We will be discussing #OpenScience, AI, replication studies, critical thinking, integrity, transparency, trust, community, peer review, public engagement, preprints, the future of SIPS, and more!
#PsychSciSky
We will be discussing #OpenScience, AI, replication studies, critical thinking, integrity, transparency, trust, community, peer review, public engagement, preprints, the future of SIPS, and more!
#PsychSciSky
June 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Springer-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...
What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it?
A 🧵
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
Springer Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing
Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io
June 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Springer-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...
What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it?
A 🧵
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
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📣 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.
"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.
OSF
osf.io
June 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📣 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.
"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.