Christian L. Hart, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Master's in Psychological Science Program

Contact
chart2@twu.edu
940-898-2319
CFO 704
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; Physiological Psychology; Developmental Psychology
Latest Articles
Do lie detector tests really work?
Psychology Today (2020)
Christian 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
Why Is My Child Lying?
Psychology Today (2019)
Christian 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
Black cat bias: Prevalence and predictors.
Psychological Reports (2019)
Haylie Jones, Christian Hart
Is It Always Wrong to Lie?
Psychology Today (2019)
Christian Hart
Lies in the workplace
Psychology Today (2019)
Christian Hart
Deception in therapy: Frequency, typology, and relationship.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research (2019)
Drew A Curtis, Christian L Hart
Lies in the workplace
Psychology Today (2019)
Christian Hart
Some lie a lot
Psychology Today (2019)
Christian Hart
Incorrect beliefs about liars
Psychology Today (2019)
Christian Hart
Should you lie to kids about Santa?
Psychology Today (2019)
Christian Hart
What Is A Lie?
Psychology Today (2019)
Christian Hart
A cross sectional view of fear of death and dying among skydivers
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying (2018)
J. D. Griffith, M. Gassem, Christian Hart
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
Online female escort advertisements: The cost of sex.
Evolutionary Psychology (2016)
J. D. Griffith, A. Capiola, B. Balotti, Christian Hart, R. Turner
Our path
The Southwestern Psychologist (2016)
Christian Hart
The Psychology of Creepiness
The Southwestern Psychologist (2016)
Christian Hart
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
Chapters
Can we detect liars in everyday life?
in Deception: A brief overview | Amazon (2019)
Christian L. Hart
Externally Funded Projects
SWPA Invited Speaker Honorarium ($1300)
Southwestern Psychological Association | $0.00 | 2019
Role: Grantee
Internally Funded Projects
TWU Experiential Student Scholars Grant
TWU Office of Research & Sponsored Programs | $1,500.00 | 2018
Research Grant
TWU Center for Faculty Excellence grant
$800.00 | 2018
Research Grant
TWU Travel Assistance Grant
TWU Office of Research & Sponsored Programs | $800.00 | 2017
Research Grant
Human Behavior and Evolution Society Grant
Human Behavior and Evolution Society | $2,000.00 | 2015
Research Grant
TWU Travel Assistance Grant
TWU Office of Research & Sponsored Programs | $600.00 | 2015
Research Grant
Professional Affiliations
- Association for Psychological Science
- Human Behavior & Evolution Society
- Southwest Psychological Association