About me

Frédéric Tomas (Assistant Professor, Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

I earned my Ph.D. in Social and Cognitive Psychology (Université de Paris 8, France). My work has focused on computational deceptive discourse analysis. My goal is to provide the first framework encompassing stylometry, written deception detection, and the imposition of a cognitive load to detect deceit.

I regularly collaborate with various national police bureaus (France, Switzerland), in order to train them in the science of deception and to make them aware of the current international best practices.

I currently work as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication and Cognition at Tilburg University (the Netherlands). There, I have expanded my interests to the perception of deception among influencers, the occurrence of deceit in online dating, and the assessment of the conspiracy mentality.

Teaching activities include "(Dis)Trust in Connected Societies", "Statistics for Premasters, "Methodology for Premasters", and "Persuasion and (Dis)agreement".