my first summer as faculty...I can finally do the little (big) things that I couldn't find time for... lab website is up & running! #TheLifespanLab Mount Allison lifespanlab.ca

Dr.Dykstra! 🎓

My first publication! This project started off as my honours thesis and gradually became a lot more than just that. Very grateful for the support and guidance from Dr. Sarah Zanette and lindsaymalloy.bsky.social Dr. Lindsay Malloy frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Mark your calendar! Decepticon Conference 2023 (Online), December 7-8, 2023, 2-5 PM, UK Time.

when you & your thesis student have matching water bottles 😆

Excited to announce that I will be joining Ontario Tech University Department of Psychology as an Assistant Professor in January 2024. My lab will focus on understanding cognitive and affective factors related to vulnerability and mental health during adolescence!

Looking for participants for a new ONLINE study in the lifespan lab. Email ([email protected]) if you are Canadian and at least 18 years of age! 🇨🇦

The conference program for Decepticon 2023 (Online) is now available!

New study alert! Along with my thesis student, Jessica, we explored age differences in health-related lies.

Congratulations to two Mount Allison faculty members, recipients of funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant program. Full story: brnw.ch/21wHU8J

Psychology's Dr. Alison O’Connor, Director of the Lifespan Lab at Mount Allison, explores how lying evolves across our lifespans — through new research funding by SSHRC's Insight Development Grant, the CFI's John R. Evans Leaders Fund, and ResearchNB: mta.ca/about/news/mou…

Here is a highlight of our recent paper in JARMAC: link.growkudos.com/1f8591cl2io Only women were implicitly biased to associate honesty with children, yet both men and women showed this bias in explicit (self-reports). @karampbell Will Hall

The Mount Allison psych department is hiring an instructor to teach intro psych (online or in person). See below for job details! mta.ca/about-mta/work…

Do we inherently see children as honest? A new #JARMAC study revealed that only women have an implicit bias associating children with honesty. Yet, both men and women explicitly believe children are honest Journal of the American Philosophical Association Alison O'Connor @karampbell buff.ly/3x2AfbP

My new paper with @AngelaD_Evans. Lying about health concerns is viewed quite negatively, but sometimes it can be challenging to have honest conversations about health. Hoping to explore more ways to encourage open conversations.

I will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2025, in the Lifespan Development Psychology program at NC State! Join our webinar this Thursday, September 12th to meet our faculty & learn more about our program! ncsu.zoom.us/j/95761313852

We are hiring a TT professor in Interdisciplinary Health Studies Mount Allison. This is a unique position with a lot of potential research areas! Info here: mta.ca/about-mta/work…