Dr. Moritz Dechamps

Forschungsinteressen

• Geist-Materie Interaktionen
• Replizierbarkeit und nichtlineare Effekte
• Psychometrik von Künstlicher Intelligenz
• Subjektive und objektive Realität
• Erwartungseffekte und sich selbst erfüllende Prophezeiungen
• Bewusstsein

Lehrveranstaltungen

• Vertiefung in Allgemeine Psychologie II
• Vertiefung in Sozialpsychologie: Aggression und Antisoziales Verhalten
• Vertiefung in Differentieller und Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Emotions- und lernpsychologische Grundlagen klinisch-psychologischer Störungsbilder
• Special Issues in Cognition, Emotion, Learning and Development
• Empirisch-psychologisches Praktikum
• Präsentationstechniken
• Soziale Kompetenzen

Curriculum Vitae

Publikationen

Google Scholar

Dechamps, M. C., Iovine, C., & Maier, M. (2025). Psi Effects as a Result of Implicit Expectations About Probabilities – Investigating Micro-PK with a Biased Baseline. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 39(3), 279-285. https://doi.org/10.31275/20253571
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Maier, M. A., & Dechamps, M. C.(2025). Macroscopic Complementary Relation Between Subjective Observations and Objective Measurements of Color. Journal of Anomalistics, 25(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.23793/zfa.2025.015
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Dechamps, M. C. (2024). Meta-Analysis of a Complete Micro-PK Database from the LMU Lab: Years 2016-2020. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13643264. Retrieved from https://mrzdcmps.github.io/labreport

Maier, M. A., Geissler, C., DeMattia, E. C., Vogel, A., & Dechamps, M. C. (2024). Complementarity of Subjective and Objective Realities An Experimental Investigation of Variations of Subjective Self-reported Intelligence. Journal of Anomalistics, 24(1), 15-54. https://doi.org/10.23793/zfa.2024.015
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Jakob, M.-J*., Dechamps, M. C.*, & Maier, M. A. (2024). Testing the Effects of Personality-Related Beliefs on Micro-PK. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 4(1), 34–59. https://doi.org/10.31156/jaex.23809 *Contributed equally
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Jakob, M.-J.*, Dechamps, M. C*, & Maier, M. A. (2024). Response to Comment on Jakob, Dechamps, & Maier: How to Read a Paper. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 4(1), 79–87. https://doi.org/10.31156/jaex.25782 *Contributed equally
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Jakob, M., Dechamps, M. C., & Maier, M. A. (2024). Spooky actions cannot be tricked: Exploring the Nature of Micro-Psychokinesis with Higher-Level Analytical Strategies. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/j6euv

Maier, M. A.*, & Dechamps, M. C.* (2022). A Pre-Registered Test of a Correlational Micro-PK Effect: Efforts to Learn from a Failure to Replicate. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 36(2), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.31275/20222235 *Contributed equally
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Maier, M. A., Dechamps, M. C., & Rabeyron, T. (2022). Quantum Measurement as Pragmatic Information Transfer: Observer Effects on (S)objective Reality Formation. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2(1), 16–48. https://doi.org/10.31156/jaex.23535
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Dechamps, M. C.*, Maier, M. A.*, Pflitsch, M., & Duggan, M. (2021). Observer Dependent Biases of Quantum Randomness: Effect Stability and Replicability. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 1(1-2). https://doi.org/10.31156/jaex.23205 *Contributed equally
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Maier, M. A., Dechamps, M. C., & Schiepek, G. K. (2021). Reply to Grote H. (2018). Commentary: Intentional Observer Effects on Quantum Randomness: A Bayesian Analysis Reveals Evidence Against Micro-Psychokinesis. Frontiers in Psychology 9:1350. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01350. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 35(2), 383-388. https://doi.org/10.31275/20211535
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Jakob, M-J.*, Dechamps, M. C.*, and Maier, M. A. (2020). You Attract what You Are:
The Effect of Unconscious Needs on Micro-Psychokinesis. Journal of Parapsychology, 84, 227-253. http://doi.org/10.30891/jopar.2020.02.06 *Contributed equally
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Maier M. A., Buechner V. L., Dechamps M. C., Pflitsch M., Kurzrock W., et al. (2020) A preregistered multi-lab replication of Maier et al. (2014, Exp. 4) testing retroactive avoidance. PLOS ONE 15(8): e0238373. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238373
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Dechamps, M. C., & Maier, M. A. (2019). How Smokers Change Their World and How the World Responds: Testing the Oscillatory Nature of Micro-Psychokinetic Observer Effects on Addiction-Related Stimuli. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 33(3). https://doi.org/10.31275/2019/1513
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Maier, M. A., Dechamps, M. C., & Pflitsch, M. (2018). Intentional Observer Effects on Quantum Randomness: A Bayesian Analysis Reveals Evidence Against Micro-Psychokinesis. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00379
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Maier, M. A.*, & Dechamps, M. C.* (2018). Observer effects on quantum randomness: Testing Micro-psychokinetic effects of smokers on addiction-related stimuli. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.31275/2018.1250 *Contributed equally
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Talks

Dechamps, M. C. (2025). Meta-Analysis of a Complete Micro-PK Database From the LMU Lab - Efforts for Maximum Transparency in Publishing Results. Presentation on the 67th Convention of the Parapsychological Association, Freiburg, Germany.

Maier, M. A., & Dechamps, M. C. (2023). Vorschlag einer Erweiterung des Descart'schen Dualismus: Empirische Befunde zu subjektiven, objektiven und sobjektiven Realitäten. IGPP Colloquium, Freiburg, Germany.

Maier, M. A., Schweizer, M., & Dechamps, M. C. (2019). Formt das Unbewusste Realität? Psychologie trifft Quantenphysik. ISMZ-Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland.

Dechamps (2019). How Smokers Change Their World and How the World Responds - Testing Declining Micro-PK Effects. Presentation on the 62nd Convention of the Parapsychological Association, Paris, France.

Maier, M. A., & Dechamps, M. C. (2019). Effect Developments Over Time in Micro-psychokinesis Research. Presentation at the 35th WGFP-Workshop, Offenburg, Germany.

Dechamps (2018). Observer Effects on Quantum Randomness - On the Oscillatory Nature of Micro-psychokinetic Effects. Presentation on the 2018 SSE & IRVA Joint Conference, Las Vegas, USA.

Software packages

changeofevidence (R package) (Github): This package provides functions to test for a change of evidence over time. It can be used to examine volatile effects.