Christian L. Hart, Ph.D.

Contact

chart2@twu.edu
940-898-2319
CFO 704

Website

Education

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
M.S., Experimental Psychology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
B.A., Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Research Interests

Deception; Suspicion; Trust; Evolutionary Psychology; Forensic Psychology; Pathological Lying

Latest Articles

Others' Deception Attitude Measure
North American Journal of Psychology (2022)
Drew Curtis, Chelsea Dickens, Christian Hart

Does information about the frequency of lying impact perceptions of honesty?
North American Journal of Psychology (2021)
Drew Curtis, Timothy Levine , Christian Hart, Kim Serota

A psycholinguistic analysis of pathological liars
American Journal of Psychotherapy (2021)
Drew A Curtis, Christian L Hart

Pathological Lying: Theoretical and empirical support for a diagnostic entity.
Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice. (2020)
Christian Hart

Personality traits associated with various forms of lying
Psychological Studies (2020)
Christian L. Hart, Rashonia Lemon, Drew A Curtis, James D Griffith

Deception in therapy: Frequency, typology, and relationship.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research (2019)
Drew A Curtis, Christian L Hart

Development of the lying in everyday situations (LiES) scale
American Journal of Psychology (2019)
Christian Hart, J.M. Jones, J.A. Terrizzi, Jr., D.A. Curtis

Evolutionary perspectives in publications across subfields of psychology
Evo S Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium (2017)
Christian Hart, S. Morely, L. Herzog

Pinocchio's nose in therapy: Therapists' beliefs and attitudes toward client deception
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling (2015)
D. A. Curtis, Christian Hart, J. C. Fitch

Books

Big Liars: What Psychological Science Tells Us About Lying and How You Can Avoid Being Duped
American Psychological Association (2023)
Christian Hart, Drew Curtis

Pathological lying: Theory, Research, and Practice
American Psychological Association (2022)
Drew Curtis, Christian Hart

Chapters

Can we detect liars in everyday life?
in Deception: A brief overview | Amazon (2019)
Christian L. Hart

Externally Funded Projects

Pathological Lying in Adolescence: Investigating Prevalence, Executive Functioning, and Psychopathology
Woodcock Institute for the Advancement of Neurocognitive Research and Applied Practice | $14,970.00 | 2023
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Professional Affiliations

• Association for Psychological Science
• Deception Research Society
• Human Behavior & Evolution Society
• Southwest Psychological Association
• Southwest Teachers of Psychology