Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Current Research Interests
My current areas of research interests include cognitive and emotional development. Currently, I am working as a Post Doc at the University of Edinburgh exploring the developmental dynamics between cognitive control and statistical learning. I obtained my PhD in developmental psychology at QUB studying the development of relief, under the supervision of Teresa McCormack and Aidan Feeney. This was part of wider project investigating the nature and evolutionary functions of relief.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The development of relief, Queen's University Belfast
Oct 2018 → Nov 2022
Psychology, Bachelor of Science, Queen's University Belfast
2014 → 2017
Research Themes and Networks
- Childhood & Youth
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Research output
- 9 Article
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Testicular self-examination: The role of anticipated relief and anticipated regret
Lorimer, S., McCormack, T., Hoerl, C., Beck, S. R., Johnston, M. & Feeney, A., Feb 2025, In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 30, 1, e12756.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relieved or disappointed? Children’s understanding of how others feel at the cessation of events
Johnston, M., McCormack, T., Lorimer, S., Corbett, B., Beck, S. R., Hoerl, C. & Feeney, A., Oct 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 246, 106016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do both anticipated relief and anticipated regret predict decisions about influenza vaccination?
Lorimer, S., McCormack, T., Hoerl, C., Johnston, M., Beck, S. R. & Feeney, A., Feb 2024, In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 29, 1, p. 134-148Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relief in everyday life
Graham, A. J., McCormack, T., Lorimer, S., Hoerl, C., Beck, S. R., Johnston, M. & Feeney, A., 1 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Emotion.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Children’s understanding of counterfactual and temporal relief in others
Johnston, M., McCormack, T., Graham, A. J., Lorimer, S., Beck, S. R., Hoerl, C. & Feeney, A., Nov 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 223, 105491.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Children Young People Edinburgh Research (CYPER) Symposium 2024
Johnston, M. (Presenter), Dolan, J. (Contributor) & Chevalier, N. (Advisor)
13 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Children’s understanding of temporally mediated emotion
Johnston, M. (Speaker)
21 Apr 2022 → 23 Apr 2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Children’s understanding of counterfactual and temporal relief in others
Johnston, M. (Speaker)
13 Apr 2021 → 16 Apr 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Children’s understanding of relief in others
Johnston, M. (Speaker)
7 Apr 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Children's understanding of relief in others
Johnston, M. (Speaker)
4 Jan 2021 → 8 Jan 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Projects
- 1 Active
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The interaction between statistical learning and executive functions in healthy older adults
Johnston, M. (Principal Investigator)
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
2/09/24 → 1/09/25
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Gorilla Presents: Collaborative Learning Tasks with Multiplayer
Johnston, M. & Wolfe, K.
31/10/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities