Research Interests

• The psychological basis of lying and deception
• The assessment and detection of deception using behavioral, autonomic and neural measures
• Emotional modulation of the memory for crime-relevant details
• Detection of Concealed Information
• Credibiliy Assessment

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  Since 04/2022
  Professor for Psychological Legal Assessment, Philipps University Marburg
  10/2019-03/2022
  Junior Professor of Legal Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  03/2015 – 09/2019
  Post-doc, Department of Psychology, Section Experimental Clinical Psychology, University of Würzburg, Germany
  10/2014 - 02/2015
  Post-doc, Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
  04/2013 - 07/2013
  Visiting Researcher, Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
  08/2011 - 09/2011
  Visiting Researcher, Faculty for Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  10/2010 - 09/2014
  PhD student at the Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
  10/2000 - 02/2008
  Study of Psychology at the University Koblenz-Landau (Vordiplom, approx. equivalent to Bachelor) and the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany (Diploma)

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Third-party funding and awards

  Emmy Noether Grant of the German Research Foundation
  2 PhD positions and 1 Post-doc position, approx. 660000 Euro; 8/2021

  Award of the 'Preregistration challenge' of the Open Science Framework
  OSF; approx. 850 Euro; 07/2018

  Best Paper Award of the Faculty of Human Sciences of the University of Würzburg for "Lying Takes Time: A Meta-Analysis on Reaction Time Measures of Deception" (2017), published in Psychological Bulletin
  1000 Euro, 11/2017

  ig-Nobelpreis of the Annals of Improbable Research for "achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK, (…) intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology" for the contribution to the paper "From junior to senior Pinocchio: A cross-sectional lifespan investigation of deception” (2015), published in Acta Psychologica
  http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/sex-life-rats-personalities-rocks-awarded-ig-nobel-prizes, 09/2016

  Karl-Marbe Prize of the Institute for Psychology of the University of Würzburg
  1000 Euro, 06/2016

  Individual research funding of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Würzburg
  approx. 3000 Euro, 06/2016

  PostDoc Plus Funding awarded by the Graduate School of Life Sciences of the University of Würzburg
  12.500 Euro, 03/2016

  Different travel grants of the Flemish Research Organization for conference visits and research stays
  in total approx. 10.000 Euro, 2012-2014

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  Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

  Haberler, J.#, Suchotzki, K.#, Meinhardt, M. & Gamer. M. (in press) Applicability and validity of the reaction time‐based concealed information test in a prison sample. Legal and Criminological Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12277
  #Shared first authorship

  Oeberst, A, Wachendörfer, M. M. & Suchotzki, K. (in press). Falsche Erinnerungen in der Forschung und der Glaubhaftigkeitsbegutachtung: Ein Kommentar zum Beitrag von Jäckel & Orth (2021). Rechtspsychologie.
  

  Suchotzki, K., & Gamer, M. (2024). Detecting deception with artificial intelligence: promises and perils. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.04.002

  Mokros, A., Schemmel, J., Oeberst, A., Körner, A., Imhoff, R., Suchotzki, K., Oberlader, V., Banse, R., Kannegießer, A., Gubi-Kelm, S., Lehmann, R. & Volbert, R. (in press). Entgegnung: Unterschiedliche Überzeugungen, aber nur eine Wahrheit [Reply: Different convictions, but only one truth]. Psychologische Rundschau. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000677

  Mokros, A., Schemmel, J., Körner, A., Oeberst, A., Imhoff, R., Suchotzki, K., Oberlader, V., Banse, R., Kannegießer, A., Gubi-Kelm, S., Lehmann, R. & Volbert, R. (in press). Rituelle sexuelle Gewalt: Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit fragwürdigen empirischen Belegen für ein fragliches Phänomen [Ritual sexual violence: A critical appraisal of dubious empirical evidence for a doubtful phenomenon]. Psychologische Rundschau. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000663

  klein Selle, N., Suchotzki, K., Pertzov, Y., & Gamer, M. (2023). Orienting versus inhibition: The theory behind the ocular‐based Concealed Information Test. Psychophysiology, 60/(3), e14186. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14186

  Suchotzki, K., Verschuere, B., & Gamer, M. (2021). How Vulnerable is the Reaction Time Concealed Information Test to Faking? Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 10(2), 268-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.10.003

  Suchotzki, K., May, H., & Gamer, M. (2020). No effect of moderate alcohol intake on the detection of concealed identity information in the laboratory. Scientific Reports, 10/(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76811-x

  Großekathöfer, J.D., Suchotzki, K., & Gamer, M. (2020). Gaze cueing in naturalistic scenes under top-down modulation – Effects on gaze behaviour and memory performance. Visual Cognition, 28(2), 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2020.1742826

  Suchotzki K., & Gamer, M. (2019). Effect of Negative Motivation on the Behavioral and Autonomic Correlates of Deception. Psychophysiology, 56(1), e13284. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13284

  Suchotzki K., Berlijn, A., Donath, M., & Gamer, M. (2018). Testing the applied potential of the Sheffield Lie Test. Acta Psychologica, 191, 281-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.10.011

  Suchotzki K.., De Houwer, J., Kleinberg, B., & Verschuere, B. (2018). Using more different and more familiar targets improves the detection of concealed information. Acta Psychologica, 185, 65-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.01.010

  Suchotzki K., & Gamer, M. (2018). Alcohol facilitates detection of concealed identity information. Scientific Reports, 8, 7825. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25811-z

  Suchotzki K. & Gamer, M. (2018). The language of lies: Behavioral and autonomic costs of lying in a native compared to a foreign language. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(5), 734-746. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000437

  Suchotzki K., Kakavand, A., & Gamer, M. (2018). Validity of the Reaction Time Concealed Information Test in a Prison Sample. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 745. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00745

  McCarthy, R.J., Skowronski, J.J., Verschuere, B., Meijer, E. H., Jim, A., Hoogesteyn, K., Orthey, R., Acar, O. A., Aczel, B., Bakos, B. E., Barbosa, F., Baskin, E., Bègue, L., Ben-Shakhar, G., Birt, A. R., Blatz, L., Charman, S. D., Claesen, A., Clay, S. L., Coary, S. P., Crusius, J., Evans, J. R., Feldman, N., Ferreira-Santos, F., Gamer, M., Gerlsma, C., Gomes, S., González-Iraizoz, M.,; Holzmeister, F., Huber, J., Huntjens, R. J. C., Isoni, A., Jessup, R. K., Kirchler, M., klein Selle, N., Koppel, L., Kovacs, M., Laine, T., Lentz, F., Loschelder, D. D., Ludvig, E. A., Lynn, M. L., Martin, S. D., McLatchie, N. M., Mechtel, M., Nahari, G., Özdoğru, A. A., Pasion, R., Pennington, C. R., Roets, A., Rozmann, N., Scopelliti, I., Spiegelman, E., Suchotzki K., Sutan, A., Szecsi, P., Tinghög, G., Tisserand, J.-C., Tran, U. S., Van Hiel, A., Vanpaemel, W., Västfjäll, D., Verliefde, T., Vezirian, K., Voracek, M., Warmelink, L., Wick, K., Wiggins, B. J., Wylie, K., & Yildiz, E. (2018). Registered Replication Report: Srull & Wyer (1979). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(3), 321-336. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918777487

  Verschuere, B., Meijer, E. H., Jim, A., McCarthy, R., Hoogesteyn, K., Skowronski, J., Orthey, R., Acar, O. A , Aczel, B., Bakos, B. E., Barbosa, F., Baskin, E., Bègue, L., Ben-Shakhar, G., Birt, A. R., Blatz, L., Charman, S. D., Claesen, A., Clay, S. L., Coary, S. P., Crusius, J., Evans, J. R.; Feldman, N., Ferreira-Santos, F., Gamer, M., Gomes, S., González-Iraizoz, M., Holzmeister, F., Huber, J., Isoni, A., Jessup, R. K., Kirchler, M., klein Selle, N., Koppel, L., Kovacs, M., Laine, T., Lentz, F., Loschelder, D. D., Ludvig, E. A., Lynn, M. L., Martin, S. D., McLatchie, N. M., Mechtel, M., Nahari, G., Özdoğru, A. A., Pasion, R., Pennington, C. R., Roets, A., Rozmann, N., Scopelliti, I., Spiegelman, E., Suchotzki K., Sutan, A., Szecsi, P., Tinghög, G., Tisserand, J.-C., Tran, U. S., Van Hiel, A., Vanpaemel, W., Västfjäll, D., Verliefde, T., Vezirian, K., Voracek, M., Warmelink, L., Wick, K., Wiggins, B. J., Wylie, K., & Yıldız, E. (2018).Registered Replication Report: Mazar, N., Amir, O., & Ariely, D. (2008). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(3), 299-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918781032

  Suchotzki K., Verschuere, B., Van Bockstaele, B., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Crombez, G. (2017). Lying Takes Time: A Meta-Analysis on Reaction Time Measures of Deception. Psychological Bulletin, 143(4), 428-453. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000087

  Peth, J., Suchotzki K., & Gamer, M. (2016). Influence of countermeasures on the validity of the Concealed Information Test. Psychophysiology, 53(9), 1429-1440. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12690

  Debey, E., De Schryver, M., Logan, G. D., Suchotzki K., & Verschuere, B. (2015). From junior to senior Pinocchio: A cross-sectional lifespan investigation of deception. Acta Psychologica, 160, 58-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.06.007

  Suchotzki K., Crombez, G., Debey, E., Van Oorsouw, K., & Verschuere, B. (2015). In Vino Veritas? Alcohol, Response Inhibition and Lying. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 50(1), 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agu079

  Suchotzki K., Crombez, G., Smulders, F. T., Meijer, E., & Verschuere, B. (2015). The cognitive mechanisms underlying deception: An event-related potential study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 95(3), 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2015.01.010

  Suchotzki K., Verschuere, B., Peth, J., Crombez, G., & Gamer, M. (2015). Manipulating item proportion and deception reveals crucial dissociation between behavioral, autonomic, and neural indices of concealed information. Human Brain Mapping, 36(2), 427-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22637

  Suchotzki K., Verschuere, B., Crombez, G., & De Houwer, J. (2013). Reaction time measures in deception research: Comparing the effects of irrelevant and relevant stimulus-response compatibility. Acta Psychologica, 144(2), 224-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.06.014

  Van Bockstaele, B., Verschuere, B., Moens, T., Suchotzki K., Debey, E. & Spruyt, A. (2012). Learning to lie: effects of practice on the cognitive cost of lying. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 526. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00526

  Stoy M., Schlagenhauf F., Sterzer P., Bermpohl F., Hägele C., Suchotzki K., Schmack K., Wrase J., Ricken R., Knutson B., Adli M., Bauer M., Heinz A., & Ströhle A. (2012). Hyporeactivity of ventral striatum towards incentive stimuli in unmedicated depressed patients normalizes after treatment with escitalopram. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26, 677 - 688. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881111416686

   
  Book contributions

  Suchotzki, K. (2018). Challenges for the Application of Reaction Time-based Deception Detection Methods. In P. Rosenfeld (Ed.), Detecting Concealed Information and Deception: Verbal, Behavioral and Biological Methods. San Diego, CA: Elsevier/Academic Press.

  Suchotzki, K., & Gamer, M., (2018). Lying and Psychology. In J. Meibauer (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Lying. UK: Oxford University Press.

  Verschuere, B., Suchotzki, K., & Debey, E. (2015). Detecting deception through reaction times. In P. A. Granhag, A. Vrij, B. Verschuere (Eds.), Deception detection: Current challenges and new approaches. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  Since 09/2023
  Spokeswoman of the Legal Psychology section of the German Society for Psychology: https://www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/rechtspsychologie/

  09/2017 – 09/2023
  (Deputy) representative for young members and assessor of the Legal Psychology section of the German Society for Psychology

  Since 01/2024
  Member of the Ethics Committee of the Institute for Psychology at the University of Marburg

  12/2016 - 09/2019
  Member of the Ethics Committee of the Institute for Psychology at the University of Würzburg

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  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs: Fachgruppen Rechtspsychologie, Sozialpsychologie, Allgemeine Psychologie, Biologische Psychologie),
  European Consortium of Psychological Research on Detection Deception (E-PRODD),
  European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL),
  Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition,
  Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science,
  Society for Psychophysiological Research