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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Antecedents of later life health and psychological well-being outcomes, lifespan psychological development, contributions of cognitive ability to later-life outcomes, structures and development of intelligence and personality, antecedents of and sex differences in academic achievement, statistical techniques for understanding development and gene-environment correlation and interaction, longitudinal data analysis and the methods of assessing genetic and envirnmental influences on population structures. In short, how we become who we are.
Research Groups
Developmental Psychology
Qualifications
1989 - Fellow of the United States’ Casualty Actuarial Society.
1999 -Master of Arts, Developmental Psychology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA USA
May 2005 - Doctor of Philosophy, Behavior Genetics and Individual Differences with Statistics Department minor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
Teaching
I teach Differential in Psychology 2, Fourth-Year Tutorials, and Individual Differences in Mental Health for the Clinical School's Conversion Course. With Zach Horne, I compiled a set of online Critical Thinking Exercises for Y3 students to substitute for the Mini-Disses not running in 21/22. Of course I also supervise Y4 and some MSc Dissertations. My Y34 Transition to Adulthood course is on the books but not running in 21/22.
Administrative Roles
Member of Scientific Advisory Board, TWIN LIFE: A genetically informative, longitudinal study of the life course and individual development. A project funded by the German Research Federation (€4.5 million) [2013-2016]
Search Committee Member University of Edinburgh [Aug 2013]
Convenor, University of Edinburgh Department of Psychology Ethics Committee [Jan-Jun 2013]
Convenor, University of Edinburgh Department of Psychology Athena Swan Team [2012-]
Search Committee Member, University of Edinburgh [Sept 2011]
Department of Psychology Research Ethics Committee [2009 -2013]
Treasurer and Executive Board Member, International Society for Intelligence Research [2007-2012]
Websites
Visiting and Research Positions
2010-present - Reader, Department of Psychology and Centre for Cognitive aging and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Minnesota
Award Date: 1 Jan 2005
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Research output
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Does a small country have meaningful regional personality differences? The case of Estonia
Xu, L., Götz, F. M., Ebert, T., Silm, S., Vainik, U., Johnson, W. & Mõttus, R., 1 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Personality.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The moderating influence of intelligence on school achievement: A cross-national comparison
Hegelund, E. R., Mortensen, E. L., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Danmeyer, J., Christensen, K., McGue, M., Klatzka, C. H., Spinath, F. M. & Johnson, W., 2 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Behavior Genetics. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The ways of the world? Cross-sample replicability of personality trait-life outcome associations
David Stewart, R., Diaz, A., Hou, X., Liu, X., Vainik, U., Johnson, W. & Mõttus, R., Oct 2024, In: Journal of Research in Personality. 112, 104515.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is there a personality developmental norm at all? What is 'maturity' anyway? In Open peer commentary and author response regarding 'Reconsidering normative interpretations in personality research'
Johnson, W., 24 Sept 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Personality.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Investigating robust associations between functional connectivity based on graph theory and general intelligence
Metzen, D., Stammen, C., Fraenz, C., Schlüter, C., Johnson, W., Güntürkün, O., DeYoung, C. G. & Genç, E., Jan 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 18 p., 1368.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Recorded interview with Robyn Daly, a producer with Lion TV, about twins and twin studies for a series they're making for National Geographic
Johnson, W. (Advisor)
20 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Interview with BBC Producer Hester Cant about personality change for Radio 4 programme A Thorough Examination with Doctors Chris and Xand
Johnson, W. (Advisor)
25 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Interview for Current Directions in Psychological Science Podcast
Johnson, W. (Advisor)
2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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What we need to know to understand intelligence well, but don't
Johnson, W. (Assessor)
4 Apr 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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European Conference on Personality
Johnson, W. (Assessor)
19 Jul 2018Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science
Johnson, W. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
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International Society for Intelligence Research Lifetime Achievement Award
Johnson, W. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: National/international honour
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Projects
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Gene-Environment Interplay of Social Context and Aging Related Outcomes
Johnson, W. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/16 → 31/08/18
Project: Research
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Genetic and social causes of life chances: New perspectives on pathways connecting the genome to social outcomes
Johnson, W. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/15 → 31/07/16
Project: Research
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Lifelong health and wellbeing of the Scotland in Miniature: the 6-day sample of the Scottish Mental Survey 1947
Deary, I. (Principal Investigator), Johnson, W. (Co-investigator), Maclullich, A. (Co-investigator) & Starr, J. (Co-investigator)
1/10/11 → 30/03/16
Project: Research
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NIH :Gene-Environment interplay of Social context and Aging Related Outcomes
Johnson, W. (Principal Investigator)
15/09/10 → 31/08/15
Project: Research
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RCUK Fellowships
Yau, J. (Principal Investigator), Blackburn, C. (Co-investigator), Boyle, P. (Co-investigator), Brophy, P. (Co-investigator), Goryachev, A. (Co-investigator), Ingram, G. (Co-investigator), Johnson, W. (Co-investigator), Knott, S. (Co-investigator), Morcom, A. (Co-investigator), Morton, N. (Co-investigator), Mutapi, F. (Co-investigator), Porteous, D. (Co-investigator), Savill, J. (Co-investigator), Stancheva, I. (Co-investigator) & Millar, K. (Researcher)
1/10/04 → 31/03/11
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Interview for article in Scienceline in New York City
2/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment