Janice M Johnson

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
York University
United States of America

Professor Psychiatry
Biography

Janice Johnson is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University, Toronto. She has been invited visiting professor at universities in Italy, the USA, and Chile. Her research interests are in cognitive development, individual differences, and cognitive process analysis. Her current research focuses on culture-fair assessment of cognitive capacity in mainstream and special developmental samples; children's reasoning in mathematics; measurement of cognitive inhibition and executive functions in children and adults; cognitive-developmental factors in metaphor comprehension; and mental arousal/motivation as factors in cognitive performance.

Research Intrest

culture-fair assessment of cognitive capacity in mainstream and special developmental samples; children's reasoning in mathematics; measurement of cognitive inhibition and executive functions in children and adults; cognitive-developmental factors in metaphor comprehension; and mental arousal/motivation as factors in cognitive performance

List of Publications
Im-Bolter N, Johnson J, Pascual-Leone J (2006). Processing limitation in children with specific language impairment: The role of executive function. Child Development 77:1822-41.
Agostino A, Johnson J,Pascual-Leone J (2010)Executive functions underlying multiplicative reasoning: Problem type matters. J Exp Child Psychol 105:286-05.
Arsalidou M, Pascual-Leone J,Johnson J(2010)Misleading cues improve developmental assessment of attentional capacity: The colour matching task. Cognitive Development 25:262-77.