Dr Janice Attard-Johnson
- jattardjohnson at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0563-0197
- Deputy Head of Department in Psychology
- Poole House P110, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography
I conduct research in cognitive and forensic psychology that fit within the broad areas of typical and atypical sexual interests, eye-witness memory, and face processing.
I completed my PhD at the University of Kent and later joined the Psychology Department at BU as a Lecturer. I am particularly interested in bridging cognition and forensic psychology. To date I have published research on examining the use of cognitive approaches, eye-tracking, and pupillary responses as a sex- and age-specific measure of sexual interests. I have also published on face recognition and time estimation ability in eye-witness face identification, as well as our own insight into our ability at face recognition.
Favourites
- Davis, H. and Attard-Johnson, J., 2022. Your ID, please? The effect of facemasks and makeup on perceptions of age of young adult female faces. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36 (2), 453-459.
- Attard-Johnson, J., Vasilev, M.R., Ó Ciardha, C., Bindemann, M. and Babchishin, K.M., 2021. Measurement of Sexual Interests with Pupillary Responses: A Meta-Analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50 (8), 3385-3411.
- Attard-Johnson, J., Ó Ciardha, C. and Bindemann, M., 2019. Comparing methods for the analysis of pupillary response. Behavior Research Methods, 51 (1), 83-95.
- Attard-Johnson, J., Bindemann, M. and Ó Ciardha, C., 2016. Pupillary Response as an Age-Specific Measure of Sexual Interest. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45 (4), 855-870.
Journal Articles
- Attard-Johnson, J., Dark, O., Murray, E. and Bate, S., 2024. Different Facets of Age Perception in People with Developmental Prosopagnosia and “Super-Recognisers. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.
- Bird, E., Wiener, J. and Attard-Johnson, J., 2024. The efficacy of the Self-Administered Interview in minimising the misinformation effect. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 38 (1).
- Bird, E., Wiener, J., Huang, C.Y. and Attard-Johnson, J., 2024. The efficacy of the Self-Administered Interview: A systematic review. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling.
- Attard-Johnson, J., 2023. Examining independence of facial identity and age processing using the Garner Speeded Classification Paradigm (Registered Report). Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
- Davis, H. and Attard-Johnson, J., 2022. Your ID, please? The effect of facemasks and makeup on perceptions of age of young adult female faces. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36 (2), 453-459.
- Attard-Johnson, J., Vasilev, M.R., Ó Ciardha, C., Bindemann, M. and Babchishin, K.M., 2021. Measurement of Sexual Interests with Pupillary Responses: A Meta-Analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50 (8), 3385-3411.
- Wignall, L., Portch, E., McCormack, M., Owens, R., Cascalheira, C.J., Attard-Johnson, J. and Cole, T., 2021. Changes in Sexual Desire and Behaviors among UK Young Adults During Social Lockdown Due to COVID-19. Journal of Sex Research, 58 (8), 976-985.
- Attard-Johnson, J., Ó Ciardha, C. and Bindemann, M., 2019. Comparing methods for the analysis of pupillary response. Behavior Research Methods, 51 (1), 83-95.
- Ó Ciardha, C., Attard-Johnson, J. and Bindemann, M., 2018. Latency-Based and Psychophysiological Measures of Sexual Interest Show Convergent and Concurrent Validity. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47 (3), 637-649.
- Attard-Johnson, J., Bindemann, M. and Ó Ciardha, C., 2017. Heterosexual, Homosexual, and Bisexual Men’s Pupillary Responses to Persons at Different Stages of Sexual Development. Journal of Sex Research, 54 (9), 1085-1096.
- Attard-Johnson, J. and Bindemann, M., 2017. Sex-specific but not sexually explicit: Pupillary responses to dressed and naked adults. Royal Society Open Science, 4 (5), 1-10.
- Attard-Johnson, J., Bindemann, M. and Ó Ciardha, C., 2016. Pupillary Response as an Age-Specific Measure of Sexual Interest. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45 (4), 855-870.
- Bindemann, M., Attard, J. and Johnston, R.A., 2014. Perceived ability and actual recognition accuracy for unfamiliar and famous faces. Cogent Psychology, 1 (1).
- Attard, J. and Bindemann, M., 2014. Establishing the Duration of Crimes: An Individual Differences and Eye-Tracking Investigation into Time Estimation. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28 (2), 215-225.
- Bindemann, M., Attard, J., Leach, A. and Johnston, R.A., 2013. The effect of image pixelation on unfamiliar-face matching. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27 (6), 707-717.
Chapters
- Portch, E., Attard-Johnson, J., Estudillo, A.J., Mestry, N. and Bate, S., 2024. “Super-recognizers” and the Legal System. The Impact of Technology on the Criminal Justice System: A Psychological Overview. 272-300.
Conferences
- Attard, J., Bindemann, M. and Ciardha, C.O., 2014. Diagnosing age-specific sexual interest with pupil dilation. PERCEPTION, 43 (1), 154.
PhD Students
- Emily Curtis. The Efficacy of the Self-Administered Interview in minimising the misinformation effect amongst an ageing population
Profile of Teaching PG
- MSc Project Supervision
Profile of Teaching UG
- Level 6 - Project Unit Leader
- Experimental Methods and Statistical Analysis 2a
- UG Psychology Project Supervision (2017-2019)
- Academic Advisor
- L6 Eye Tracking and Cognition
- L6 Forensic Psychology
Grants
- Estimating Ages from Faces seen in Isolation and in Groups (British Psychological Society, 09 Jun 2019). Awarded
- Eye-tracking assessment of sexual interests (University of Kent, 11 Sep 2013). Completed
- Establishing the Duration of Crimes: An Individual Differences and Eye-Tracking Investigation into Time Estimation (Strategic Education Pathways research grant, Malta, 11 Sep 2011). Completed
Internal Responsibilities
- Deputy Head of Department (Education & Engagement), Department of Psychology
Journal Reviewing/Refereeing
- University of Ottawa Medical Research Fund Grants, Anonymous peer review, 18 Jan 2019
- BMC, 01 May 2018
- Biological psychology, 01 Jan 2018
- Journal of Sex Research, 01 Jan 2017
- Psychophysiology, 01 Jan 2017
Public Engagement & Outreach Activities
- Public Lecture
- Public Lecture
Conference Presentations
- EPS meeting, Do different methods for analysing pupillary responses affect the outcome?, 10 Jul 2019, Bournemouth
- Leicester Meeting, Attard-Johnson, J., Bindemann, M., & Ó Ciardha, C. 2018. Validity of Pupillometry for Measuring Sexual Interests, 18 Apr 2018, Leicester University
- Innovations in Forensic Psychology, Assessing forensically relevant sexual interests, symposium: Eye tracking assessment of sexual interests, 11 Apr 2018, Kent
- Co-creating best practice in the criminal justice system, Rachel C Mazariegos & Janice Attard-Johnson (2018) Can we inhibit our pupillary responses to sexually arousing images?, 28 Feb 2018, Bournemouth University
- Experimental Psychology Society, Estimating crime time: Car chases, fish and eyewitness accuracy, 03 Jan 2018, London
- Decepticon, Pupil Dilation: An implicit indicator of sexual interests?, 02 Sep 2015, Cambridge, UK
- BPS Forensic, Measuring age-specific sexual preferences with pupil dilation., 01 Jul 2015, Manchester
- BPS Cognitive Section, Exploring pupil dilation as an implicit measure of sexual interests, 01 Apr 2015, Kent
- European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP), Diagnosing age specific sexual interests with pupil dilation, 20 Aug 2014, Belgrade, Serbia
- Associate for the Treatment of Abusers (ATSA), Comparing multiple indirect measures of sexual interest with eye tracking and pupil dilation., 30 Oct 2013, Chicago
- BPS Annual Conference, Estimating crime time: Car chases, fish and eyewitness accuracy, 03 Jun 2013, Harrogate
Qualifications
- PGCHE in Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (2018)
- PhD in Cognitive Psychology (University of Kent, 2017)
- MSc in Cognitive and Neuropsychology (University of Kent, 2013)
- BSc (Hons) in Psychology (University of Malta, 2009)
Memberships
- Experimental Psychology Society (EPS), Member (2019-),
- Higher Education Academy, Fellow (2018-),
- British Psychological Society, Member,
- International Academy of Sex Research, Fellow,
External Media and Press
- Eye dilation sex specific but not sexually explicit, study finds, Sciencedaily, Dailymail, Eurekalert, Kent news, 03 May 2017. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170502204540.htm