André Mata

André Mata is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, where he coordinates the Masters in Cognitive and Social Psychology. His academic work focuses on social cognition, judgment and decision-making, metacognition, and moral psychology.

• Research Interests: Social Cognition, Judgment & Decision-Making, Metacognition, Reasoning, Moral Judgment
• Projects: Fighting pluralistic ignorance to defeat prejudice (PTDC/PSI-GER/7592/2020), Psychology of the living and the dead (BIAL 2020)

His recent publications explore motivated reasoning, bias blind spots, prediction-comprehension discrepancies, and metacognitive biases in science perception. Articles often examine self-other differences, social amplification of cognitive distortions, and moral judgment mechanisms.

He teaches modules such as Judgment and Decision under Uncertainty, Motivated Thinking, and Societal Challenges: Psychological Themes. His work is affiliated with CICPSI and ProAdapt research groups at the University of Lisbon.