Angie M. Johnston

Journal Articles

Johnston, A. M., Holden, P. C.*, & Santos, L. R. (in press). Exploring the evolutionary origins of overimitation: A comparison across domesticated and non-domesticated canids. Developmental Science.
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Johnston, A. M., Johnson, S. G. B., Koven, M. L.*, & Keil, F. (in press). Little Bayesians or little Einsteins? Probability and explanatory virtue in children's inferences. Developmental Science.
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Johnston, A. M., Mills, C. M., & Landrum A. R. (2015). How do children weigh competence and benevolence when deciding whom to trust? Cognition, 144, 76-90.
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Landrum, A. R., Mills, C. M., & Johnston, A. M. (2013). When do children trust the expert? Benevolence information influences children's trust more than expertise. Developmental Science, 16, 622-638.
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*Undergraduates I supervised

Conference Proceedings, Book Reviews, and Commentaries

Turrin, C., Johnston, A. M., & Santos, L., R. (2016). [Review of the book Dog Behavoiur, Evolution, and Cognition, by Á. Miklósi]. Quarterly Review of Biology, 91, 88.
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Johnston, A. M., McAuliffe, K. & Santos, L. R. (2015). Another way to learn about teaching: What dogs can tell us about the evolution of pedagogy. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38, e44.
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Johnston, A. M., Johnson, S. G. B, Koven, M. L.*, & Keil, F. C. (2015). Probabilistic versus heuristic accounts of explanation in children: Evidence from a latent scope bias. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2453-2458).
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Johnson, S. G. B., Johnston, A. M., Toig, A. E.*, & Keil, F. C. (2014). Explanatory scope informs causal strength inferences. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2453-2458).
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Under Review

Johnston, A. M., Sheskin, M., Johnson, S. G. B., & Keil, F. C. (under revised review). Preferences for explanation generality develop early in biology, but not physics.

Johnson, S. G. B., Johnston, A. M., Koven, M.L.*, & Keil, F. C. (under revised review). The natural order of mathematics is mirrored in the human mind.

Johnston, A. M., & Keil, F. C. (under review). Learning the relevance of relevance: The role of contrast in detecting irrelevant explanations.

Johnston, A. M., Turrin, C., Watson, L., & Santos, L. R. (under review). Through the eyes of dingoes (Canis dingo): A window into the evolution of dog-human eye contact.

Talks and Symposia

Holden, P. C.*, Johnston, A. M., & Santos, L. R. (2016, February). Exploring overimitation in dogs. Talk presented at the Yale Engineering and Science Weekend 2016 Symposium. New Haven, CT.

Johnston, A. M., Johnson, S. G. B., Sheskin, M., Koven, M. L.*, & Keil, F. C. (2016, January). Going beyond truth-tracking: The development of explanatory preferences. Talk presented at the 2016 Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development.

Johnston, A. M. (2015, September). A glimpse into the canine mind: How to learn what your dog is thinking. Talk presented at Camp Unleashed, Berkshires, Massachusetts.

Johnston, A. M., Marfurt, S.*, & Keil, F. C. (2015, March). Children's sensitivity to authorship cues and qualifiers when evaluating text. Symposium presented at the 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Landrum, A. R., Mills, C. M., Johnston, A. M., & Pflaum, A. (2015, March). Naive Epistemology: Children use social cues when determining what others know. Symposium presented at the 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Johnston, A. M., Sheskin, M. I., Goddu, M. K.*, Kahan, D. M., & Keil, F. C. (2013, April). Media-induced doubt in expert consensus: What role does "balanced coverage" play? Talk presented at the Harvard-Yale Workshop, New Haven, CT

Sheskin, M., Johnston, A. M., & Keil, F. C. (2010, December). Explanation preferences. Talk presented at the Metropolitan Experimental Research Group, New York, NY.

Poster Presentations

Johnston, A. M., Holden, P. C.*, & Santos, L. R. (2015, October). Exploring the evolutionary origins of overimitation: A comparison across domesticated and non-domesticated canids. Poster to be presented at the 2015 Cognitive Development Society’s Biennial Meeting, Columbus, Ohio.
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Johnston, A. M., Sheskin, M., Johnson, S. G. B, & Keil, F. C. (2015, October). Development of explanation generality preferences across elementary and middle school. Poster to be presented at the 2015 Cognitive Development Society’s Biannual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio.
(see poster here)

Johnston, A. M., Johnson, S. G. B, Koven, M. L.*, & Keil, F. C. (2015, July). Probabilistic versus heuristic accounts of explanation in children: Evidence from a latent scope bias. Poster presented at the 2015 Cognitive Science Society’s Annual Meeting, Pasadena, California.
(see poster here)

Johnson, S. G. B., Johnston, A. M., Koven, M. L.*, & Keil, F. (2015, March). The explanatory function of mathematical knowledge. Poster presented at 2015 International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Johnson, S. G. B., Johnston, A. M., Toig, A. E.*, & Keil, F. C. (2014, July). Explanatory scope informs causal strength inferences. Poster presented at the 2014 Cognitive Science Society’s Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec.
(see poster here)

Johnston, A. M., Sheskin, M. I., Goddu, M. K.*, Kahan, D. M., & Keil, F. C. (2014, February). Media-induced doubt in expert consensus: What role does "balanced coverage" play? Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Personality and Social Psychology's Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas.
(see poster here)

Johnston, A. M., Goddu, M. K.*, & Keil, F. C. (2013, October). Nothing but the truth? Developing notions of explanatory relevance. Poster presented at the 2013 Cognitive Development Society's Biennial Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee.
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Johnston, A. M., Mills, C. M., & Landrum, A. R. (2012, March & April). The primacy of reliability: Primacy effects anchor children's source evaluations to reliability rather than niceness. Poster presented at the Exhibition of Excellence in Undergraduate Research and at the North Texas Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Richardson, TX.
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Johnston, A. M., Mills, C. M., & Landrum, A. R. (2011, October). What if the nice guy is clueless? Children adjust their trust based on evidence regarding reliability. Poster presented at the 2011 Cognitive Development Society's Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(see poster here)

Sheskin, M., Johnston, A. M., & Keil, F. C. (2011, April). The development of generality preference for explanations. Poster presented at the 2011 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec.
(see poster here)

Landrum, A. R., Mills, C. M., & Johnston, A. M. (2011, April). Naughty or nice: Does meanness or niceness distract from expertise in children's trust decisions? Poster presented at the 2011 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec.
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