Prof. Dr Matthias Maalouli-Hartmann

Vice-dean Programme direction for the PhD programme Associate Professor

Documents

Curriculum Vitae

Matthias Maalouli-Hartmann completed his doctoral studies in 2013 at the Psychological Institute of the University of Bern. He then worked as a research fellow in the Potsdam Embodied Cognition Group at the University of Potsdam, Germany. In 2016, he returned to the University of Bern, where he investigated various aspects of numerical processing by means of an Ambizione Fellowship of the Swiss Natianl Science Foundation. Since 2017, he has been working at UniDistance Suisse, where he teaches three modules in the Bachelor's program and one module in the Master's program of the German Psychology program. He conducts various research projects in the field of experimental cognitive psychology.

Research focus

Numerical cognition: How are numbers, quantities and ordinality cognitively represented?
Mental imagery and memory
Irrational beliefs (paranormal phenomena, conspiracy theories)
Emotion und motivation: How are emotions represented in the body? How can motives be measured?
E-Learning

Research projects

Smartphone use and well-being

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Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Lochmatter Damjan Dominik // PINTO Estela Isabel

Start: 01.12.2025

Psychology

Smartphone use and well-being

Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Lochmatter Damjan Dominik // PINTO Estela Isabel

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Start: 01.12.2025

Psychology

The number sense: Exploring the foundations of spatial-numerical associations

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Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Dumureau Magali // THEVENOT Catherine

Start: 01.01.2024

Psychology

The number sense: Exploring the foundations of spatial-numerical associations

Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Dumureau Magali // THEVENOT Catherine

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Start: 01.01.2024

Psychology

Is creativity linked to illusory perception?

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Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Müller Petra // Miani Alessandro

Start: 01.01.2024

Psychology

Is creativity linked to illusory perception?

Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Müller Petra // Miani Alessandro

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Start: 01.01.2024

Psychology

Bodily Sensation Mapping: How Emotions Are Represented in the Body

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Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Martarelli Corinna // WOLFF Wanja // Boris Cheval // Silvio Maltagliati

Start: 01.01.2023

Psychology

Bodily Sensation Mapping: How Emotions Are Represented in the Body

Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Martarelli Corinna // WOLFF Wanja // Boris Cheval // Silvio Maltagliati

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Start: 01.01.2023

Psychology

Linking irrational beliefs to perception, cognition, and social media use

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Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Müller Petra

Start: 01.08.2021

Psychology

Linking irrational beliefs to perception, cognition, and social media use

Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Müller Petra

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Start: 01.08.2021

Psychology

Mental whiteboard: spatial coding of serial order in working memory

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Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Elger Abrahamse // Jean-Philippe van Dijck

Start: 01.01.2020

Psychology

Mental whiteboard: spatial coding of serial order in working memory

Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Elger Abrahamse // Jean-Philippe van Dijck

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Start: 01.01.2020

Psychology

Cognitive capacity in the presence of a smartphone

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Rothen Nicolas // Reber Thomas // Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Martarelli Corinna

Status: Completed

Start: 01.08.2018

End: 30.06.2019

Psychology

Cognitive capacity in the presence of a smartphone

Rothen Nicolas // Reber Thomas // Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Martarelli Corinna

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Start: 01.08.2018

End: 30.06.2019

Psychology

Numerical Cognition

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Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // René Müri // Nils Sommer

Status: Completed

Start: 01.01.2017

End: 31.12.2019

Psychology

Numerical Cognition

Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // René Müri // // Nils Sommer

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Status: Completed

Start: 01.01.2017

End: 31.12.2019

Psychology

Research groups

Experimental cognitive psychology

Faculty of Psychology

Unpleasant mind, deactivated body – A distinct somatic signature of boredom through bodily sensation mapping

2026-07

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/pcgzh_v1

Matthias Hartmann
Wanja Wolff
Corinna Martarelli

preprint

2D mental whiteboards: Multidimensional spatial coding of serial order in verbal working memory

2026-06 | Psychological Research

DOI: 10.1007/s00426-026-02267-9

Elger Abrahamse
Jean-Philippe van Dijck
Matthias Hartmann

Journal article

Integrating the Mystical Experience Questionnaire Into a Broader Psychometric Framework: English Validation of the Psychedelic Experience Scale and Comparison of Psilocybin and LSD Sessions Across Two Controlled Settings

2026-06 | International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70073

Kurt Stocker
Matthias Hartmann
Frederick S. Barrett
William A. Richards
Nathan D. Sepeda
Laura Ley
Anna M. Becker
Friederike Holze
Matthias E. Liechti

Journal article

The 3D-ASCr scale: A revalidation of the core dimensions of the Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale 5D(11)-ASC for psychedelic research

2026-05 | Journal of Psychopharmacology

DOI: 10.1177/02698811251397328

Kurt Stocker
Matthias Hartmann
Yasmin Schmid
Severin B. Vogt
Anna M. Becker
Laura Ley
Isabelle Straumann
Denis Arikci
Aaron Klaiber
Livio Erne
Patrick Vizeli
Friederike Holze
Matthias E. Liechti

Journal article

Peer-reviewed

Unpleasant mind, deactivated body – A distinct somatic signature of boredom through bodily sensation mapping

2026-04

DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/6uw7m_v1

Matthias Hartmann
Wanja Wolff
Corinna Martarelli

preprint

Mystical dynamics: renewal, luminous light, and ego disintegration as key features associated with mystical oneness—a psychometric analysis using the PES100 in controlled psychedelic studies

2026-03 | Religion, Brain & Behavior

DOI: 10.1080/2153599x.2026.2635353

Kurt Stocker
Matthias Hartmann
Frederick S. Barrett
Willam Richards
Nathan D. Sepeda
Isabelle Straumann
Aaron Klaiber
Severin B. Vogt
Livio Erne
Laura Ley
Anna M. Becker
Patrick Vizeli
Friederike Holze
Matthias E. Liechti

Journal article

Anodal High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Over the Left (but not Right) Parietal Cortex Facilitates Mental Arithmetic

2025-03 | Journal of Cognitive Enhancement

DOI: 10.1007/s41465-024-00314-0

Matthias Hartmann
Magali Dumureau

Journal article

Peer-reviewed

The revival of the psychedelic experience scale: Revealing its extended-mystical, visual, and distressing experiential spectrum with LSD and psilocybin studies

2024-10 | Journal of Psychopharmacology

DOI: 10.1177/02698811231199112

Kurt Stocker
Matthias Hartmann
Laura Ley
Anna M Becker
Friederike Holze
Matthias E. Liechti

Journal article

Peer-reviewed

Anodal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation over the left (but not right) parietal cortex facilitates mental arithmetic

2024-03

DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/whv53

Matthias Hartmann
Magali Dumureau

preprint

Case report: Maintaining altered states of consciousness over repeated ketamine infusions may be key to facilitate long-lasting antidepressant effects: some initial lessons from a personalized-dosing single-case study

2023-10 | Frontiers in Psychiatry

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1197697

Steffen Reissmann
Matthias Hartmann
Andreas Kist
Matthias E. Liechti
Kurt Stocker

Journal article

Acceptance and Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures are Shaped Predominantly by Conspiracy Beliefs, Mistrust in Science and Fear – A Comparison of More than 20 Psychological Variables

2023-08 | Psychological Reports

DOI: 10.1177/00332941211073656

Matthias Hartmann
Petra Müller

Journal article

Linking paranormal and conspiracy beliefs to illusory pattern perception through signal detection theory

2023-06 | Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36230-0

Petra Müller
Matthias Hartmann

Journal article

A potential dissociation between perception and production version for bounded but not unbounded number line estimation

2023-06 | Trends in Neuroscience and Education

DOI: 10.1016/j.tine.2023.100202

Regina Miriam Reinert
Venera Gashaj
Matthias Hartmann
Korbinian Moeller

Journal article

Increasing awareness of climate change with immersive virtual reality

2023-02 | Frontiers in Virtual Reality

DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2023.897034

Stefan P. Thoma
Matthias Hartmann
Jonas Christen
Boris Mayer
Fred W. Mast
David Weibel

Journal article

Happiness feels light and sadness feels heavy: introducing valence-related bodily sensation maps of emotions

2023-02 | Psychological Research

DOI: 10.1007/s00426-022-01661-3

Matthias Hartmann
Bigna Lenggenhager
Kurt Stocker

Journal article

Illusory perception of visual patterns in pure noise is associated with COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs

2023-01 | i-Perception

DOI: 10.1177/20416695221144732

Matthias Hartmann
Petra Müller

Journal article

Imagined paralysis reduces motor cortex excitability

2022-10 | Psychophysiology

DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14069

Matthias Hartmann
Caroline J. Falconer
Alain Kaelin‐Lang
René M. Müri
Fred W. Mast

Journal article

Summing up: A functional role of eye movements along the mental number line for arithmetic

2022-10 | Acta Psychologica

DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103770

Matthias Hartmann

Journal article

Buddhist-like opposite diminishing and non-judging during ketamine infusion are associated with antidepressant response: an open-label personalized-dosing study

2022-07 | Frontiers in Pharmacology

DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.916641

Kurt Stocker
Matthias Hartmann
Steffen Reissmann
Andreas Kist
Matthias E. Liechti

Journal article

God is up and devil is down: mortality salience increases implicit spatial-religious associations

2022-07 | Religion, Brain & Behavior

DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2022.2035800

Michael Rihs
Fred W. Mast
Matthias Hartmann

Journal article

Summing up: A functional role of eye movements along the mental number line for arithmetic

2022-01 | Acta Psychologica

Matthias Hartmann
Matthias Hartmann
Matthias Hartmann

Journal article

Early is left and up: Saccadic responses reveal horizontal and vertical spatial associations of serial order in working memory

2021-12 | Cognition

DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104908

Matthias Hartmann
Corinna S. Martarelli
Nils R. Sommer

Journal article

Spatial asymmetries (“pseudoneglect”) in free visual exploration—modulation of age and relationship to line bisection

2021-09 | Experimental Brain Research

DOI: 10.1007/s00221-021-06165-x

Kathrin Chiffi
Lorenzo Diana
Matthias Hartmann
Dario Cazzoli
Claudio L. Bassetti
René M. Müri
Aleksandra K. Eberhard-Moscicka

Journal article

Eye movements during visual imagery and perception show spatial correspondence but have unique temporal signatures

2021-05 | Cognition

DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104597

Lilla M. Gurtner
Matthias Hartmann
Fred W. Mast

Journal article

Increasing environmental awareness with immersive virtual reality?

2021-04

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/kpdnw

Stefan Pascal Thoma
David Weibel
Boris Mayer
Matthias Hartmann
Jonas Christen
Fred Mast

preprint

Happiness feels light, sadness feels heavy: introducing valence-related bodily sensation maps of emotions

2021-03

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/d8wvn

Matthias Hartmann
Bigna Lenggenhager
Kurt Stocker

preprint

Does a smartphone on the desk drain our brain? No evidence of cognitive costs due to smartphone presence in a short-term and prospective memory task

2020-11 | Consciousness and Cognition

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.103033

Matthias Hartmann
Corinna S. Martarelli
Thomas P. Reber
Nicolas Rothen

Journal article

Anodal High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation over the Posterior Parietal Cortex Modulates Approximate Mental Arithmetic

2020-05 | Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01514

Matthias Hartmann
Sarah Singer
Branislav Savic
René M. Müri
Fred W. Mast

Journal article

Roll tilt self-motion direction discrimination training: First evidence for perceptual learning

2020-05 | Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics

DOI: 10.3758/s13414-019-01967-2

Manuel P. Klaus
C. G. Schöne
M. Hartmann
D. M. Merfeld
M. C. Schubert
F. W. Mast

Journal article

“Next Wednesday’s Meeting has been Moved Forward Two Days”

2019-04 | Swiss Journal of Psychology

DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000220

Kurt Stocker
Matthias Hartmann

Journal article

Unbounded number line estimation as a measure of numerical estimation

2019-03 | PLOS ONE

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213102

Regina Miriam Reinert
Jérôme Prado
Matthias Hartmann
Stefan Huber
Korbinian Moeller

Journal article

Further to the right: Viewing distance modulates attentional asymmetries (‘pseudoneglect’) during visual exploration

2019-02 | Brain and Cognition

DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2018.11.008

Matthias Hartmann
Nils R. Sommer
Lorenzo Diana
René M. Müri
Aleksandra K. Eberhard-Moscicka

Journal article

The visual number world: A dynamic approach to study the mathematical mind

2018-01 | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2016.1240812

Matthias Hartmann
Jochen Laubrock
Martin H Fischer

Journal article

Non-musicians also have a piano in the head: evidence for spatial–musical associations from line bisection tracking

2017-03 | Cognitive Processing

DOI: 10.1007/s10339-016-0779-0

Matthias Hartmann

Journal article

Time in the eye of the beholder: Gaze position reveals spatial-temporal associations during encoding and memory retrieval of future and past

2017-01 | Memory & Cognition

Journal article

Counting is a spatial process: evidence from eye movements

2016-01 | Psychological Research

Journal article

Exploring the numerical mind by eye-tracking: a special issue

2016-01 | Psychological research

Journal article

Loudness Counts: Interactions Between Loudness, Number Magnitude and Space

2016-01 | The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Journal article

Eye movements reveal mental looking through time

2015-01 | Cognitive science

Journal article

Numbers in the eye of the beholder: What do eye movements reveal about numerical cognition?

2015-01 | Cognitive Processing

Journal article

Self-motion direction discrimination in the visually impaired

2015-01 | Experimental brain research

Journal article

Spatial biases during mental arithmetic: Evidence from eye movements on a blank screen

2015-01 | Frontiers in Psychology

Journal article

Direction detection thresholds of passive self-motion in artistic gymnasts

2014-01 | Experimental Brain Research

Journal article

Eye movements during mental time travel follow a diagonal line

2014-01 | Consciousness and Cognition

Journal article

Pupillometry: the eyes shed fresh light on the mind

2014-01 | Current Biology

Journal article

Pushing forward in embodied cognition: may we mouse the mathematical mind?

2014-01

Journal article

Spatial cognition, body representation and affective processes: the role of vestibular information beyond ocular reflexes and control of posture

2014-01 | Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Journal article

There is more than “more is up”: Hand and foot responses reverse the vertical association of number magnitudes.

2014-01 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Journal article

Self-motion perception training: thresholds improve in the light but not in the dark

2013-01 | Experimental Brain Research

Journal article

Emotional expression affects the accuracy of gaze perception

2012-01 | Motivation and Emotion

Journal article

Moving along the mental number line: Interactions between whole-body motion and numerical cognition.

2012-01 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Journal article

Moving along the mental time line influences the processing of future related words

2012-01 | Consciousness and Cognition

Journal article

Self-motion perception influences number processing: evidence from a parity task

2012-01 | Cognitive Processing

Journal article

Imagined paralysis impairs embodied spatial transformations

2011-01 | Cognitive Neuroscience

Journal article

Visual vector inversion during memory antisaccades--a TMS study

2008-01 | Progress in Brain Research

Journal article

Teaching

M06	Allgemeine Psychologie I: Wahrnehmung, Denken, Problemlösen Bachelor of Science in Psychology
G1	Gesundheitsverhaltensänderung: Theorien, Methoden und Interventionen Master of Science in Psychology
M05	Sozialpsychologie Bachelor of Science in Psychology