Aaron Johnson, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychology
Associate Dean - Planning and Academic Facilities, Dean of Arts & Science (Office)

Phone: | (514) 848-2424 ext. 5664 |
Email: | Aaron.Johnson@concordia.ca |
Website(s): |
Concordia Vision Labs |
ORCID: | 0000-0002-4428-7109 |
Education
PHD (Glasgow)
Research interests
Teaching activities
PSYC363 Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception
PSYC460 Vision
PSYC452 Neurobiology of Sensation and Perception
PSYC727 Special Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience: Eye tracking theory and practice
PSYC316 Statistical Analysis 2
PSYC485 Specialization Thesis
Selected publications
(* indicates HPQ author)
Dubé, S.*, Santaguida, M.*, Zhu, C.Y.*, Thomasse, L.*, Hu, R.*, Cormier, G.*, Vachon, D., & Johnson, A.P. (2022) Sex robots and personality: it is more about sex than robots. Computers in Human Behavior (in press)
Boyle, A., Johnson, A.P., & Ellenbogen, M. (2022). Intranasal oxytocin alters attention to emotional facial expressions, particularly for males and those with depressive symptoms. Psychoneuroendocrinology (in press) doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105796.
Dube, S.*, Santaguida, M.*, Anctil, D., Zhu, C.Y.*, Thomasse, L.*, Giaccari, L.*, Oassey, R.*, Vachon, D., & Johnson, A.P. (2022). Perceived Stigma and Erotic Technology: From Sex Toys to Erobots. Psychology and Sexuality. doi: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2067783
Stark, Z.*, Morrice, E.,*, Wittich, W., & Johnson, A.P. (2022) The effects of simulated and actual visual impairment on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2022.2055739
Franzen, L.*, Cabugao, A.*, Grohmann, B., Elalouf, K.*, & Johnson, A.P. (2022). Individual pupil size changes as a robust indicator of cognitive familiarity differences. PLoS One. 17(1):e0262753. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262753.
Santaguida, M.*, Dubé, S.*, Williams, M.*, Eidus, C., Vachon, D., & Johnson, A.P. (2022) Alcohol Myopia Theory and High-Risk Sexual Behaviour Among College Students. In: Lykins A.D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sexuality and Gender. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-59531-3_70-1
Dubé S.,* Santaguida M.,* Anctil D., Leshner C., Vachon D., Johnson A.P. (2022) Technology-Based Sexualities. In: Lykins A.D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sexuality and Gender. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59531-3_70-1
Stark, Z.*, Franzen, L.*, Johnson, A.P. (2022). Insights from a dyslexia simulation font: Can we simulate reading struggles of individuals with dyslexia? Dyslexia, 28: 228-243. doi: 10.1002/dys.1704
Morrice, E.*, Murphy, C.*, Soldano, V.*, Addona, C.*, Wittich, W., Johnson A.P. (2021). Assessing Optimal Colour and Illumination to Facilitate Reading: An Analysis of Print size. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 41(6): 1209-1221. doi: 10.1111/opo.12885
Franzen, L.*, Stark, Z.*, & Johnson, A.P. (2021). Individuals with dyslexia use a different visual sampling strategy to read text. Scientific Reports. 11(6449): 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84945-9
Martin M.S.*, Huard-Nicholls, B.*, & Johnson, A.P. (2021) Gaze and pupil size variability predict difficulty-level and safe intersection crosses in a driving simulator. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 65(1):843-847. doi:10.1177/1071181321651289
Clément-Coulson, S.*, Boutelaa, A.*, Veluppillai, R.*, & Johnson, A.P. (2021). Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability and Subjective Workload of Commercial Pilots During Jet Airplane Handling Maneuvers. In: Black, N.L., Neumann, W.P., Noy, I. (eds) Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021). IEA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 221. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74608-7_16
Donkor, R., Silva, A., Johnson, A.P., & Thompson, B. (2021) Repetitive visual cortex transcranial random noise stimulation in adults with amblyopia. Scientific Reports. 11(3029) doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80843-8
Morrice, E.*, Soldano*, V., Addona*, C., Murphy, C.*, & Johnson, A. P. (2021). Validation of the International Reading Speed Texts in a Sample of Older (60 ) Canadian Adults. Optometry and Vision Science. 98(8): 971-975. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001746
Morrice, E.*, Murphy, C.*, Wittich, W., & Johnson, A.P. (2021) Assessing Optimal Colour and Illumination to Facilitate Reading. Opthalmic and Physiological Optics. 41(2):281-294. doi: 10.1111/opo.12785
Wittich, W., Pichora-Fuller, K. Johnson, A.P., Joubert, S., Kehayia, E., Bachir, V., Aubin, G., Jaiswal, A., Phillips, N. (2021). The Effect of Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Macular Degeneration on Cognitive Functioning: A non-randomized pre-post intervention study protocol. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(3): 19931. doi: 10.2196/19931
Murphy, C.*, Johnson, A.P., Koenekoop, R.K., Seiple, W., Overbury, O. (2020). The Relationship Between Cognitive Status and Known Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Age-related Macular Degeneration. Front. Aging Neurosci. 12:586691. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.586691
Morrice, E.*, Hughes, J.*, Stark, Z.*, Wittich, W., & Johnson, A.P. (2020). Validation of the International Reading Speed Texts in a Canadian Sample, Optometry & Vision Science. 97(7):509-517. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001538.
Sharp, A., Turgeon, C., Johnson, A.P., Pannasch, S., Champoux, F. & Ellemberg, D. (2020) Congenital Deafness Leads to Altered Overt Oculomotor Behaviors. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14:273. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00273
Bianco, R., Gold, B.P., Johnson, A.P., Penhune, V.B. (2019). Music predictability and liking enhance pupil dilation and promote motor learning in non-musicians. Scientific Reports. 9, 17060. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53510-w
Richard, B.*, Hansen, B.C., Johnson, A.P., & Shafto, P. (2019). The spatial summation of broadband contrast. Journal of Vision, 19(5):1-19. doi: 10.1167/19.5.16
Poulin-Dubois, D., Hastings, P., Chiarella, S., Geangu, E., Hauf, P., Ruel, A., & Johnson, A.P. (2018) The eyes know it: Toddlers' visual scanning of sad faces is predicted by their theory of mind skills. PLOS ONE, 13(12): e0208524. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208524
Wittich, W., Jarry, J., Morrice, E.*, & Johnson, A.P., (2018) Effectiveness of the Apple iPad as a Spot-Reading Magnifier. Optometry and Vision Science, 95 (9), 704-710, doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001269