Alison O'Connor

PhD.
Assistant Professor @MountAllison
Department of Psychology

We all tell lies. I research the development of and psychology behind our deceptive behaviours.

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

We are hiring a TT professor in Interdisciplinary Health Studies @MountAllison. This is a unique position with a lot of potential research areas! Info here:
https://t.co/WYEh48G6WZ

[Breanne E Wylie @BreanneEWylie]

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!
https://t.co/8s3k8gm5qz

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

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.

[Psychreg @wearepsychreg]

Health Lies Among Older Adults Are Widely Condemned, Study Finds https://t.co/TjQu9WnNRm

[Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition @OfficialSARMAC]

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 @APA_Journal @Alison__oconnor @karampbell https://t.co/Dr2Z79EUq9

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

The Mount Allison psych department is hiring an instructor to teach intro psych (online or in person). See below for job details!

https://t.co/z1hPvxzihW

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

Here is a highlight of our recent paper in JARMAC:

https://t.co/lvo6pAVYdz

Only women were implicitly biased to associate honesty with children, yet both men and women showed this bias in explicit (self-reports).
@karampbell @willmhall

[Mount Allison @MountAllison]

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: https://t.co/eOFlctnjgE

[Mount Allison @MountAllison]

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: https://t.co/o28g9ayDFT

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

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

[Gerontology Research @GeronMedia]

To lie or not to lie about health? Well...your age matters! #JGSSAdvAccess study finds younger adults tend to tell more health-related lies, often driven by shame or worry about judgment. As we age, honesty about health increases.
https://t.co/AfaRgZX4KA

[Deception Research Society @DeceptionRS]

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

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

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! 🇨🇦

[Taylor Heffer @heffer_taylor]

Excited to announce that I will be joining @ontariotech_u 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!

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

when you & your thesis student have matching water bottles 😆

[Deception Research Society @DeceptionRS]

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

[Siham Hagi Hussein @siham_hagi]

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 @ZanettePhD and @LMalloy
https://t.co/AideqaVcbk

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

Dr.Dykstra! 🎓

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

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 @MountAllison
https://t.co/ljzQlTXgNU

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

@belakfan3 Feel free to message me and I'd be happy to chat more about the study!

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

Sharing my new paper with @willmhall and @karampbell exploring how adults' implicit & explicit honesty perceptions differ across child race. We explored how these biases predicted simulated legal decisions when a (Black or White) child alleges abuse. https://t.co/kY0Fk2W5L4

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

@belakfan3 @willmhall @karampbell Very interesting! We think it may be implicit biases strengthening as we age (reduced ability to suppress certain automatic associations).

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

Takeaway: Adults may have implicit (subtle) racial biases that can affect perceptions of child victims. We hope that this research raises awareness of implicit racial biases to ensure that all children are treated justly inside and outside of the legal system.

[Alison O'Connor @Alison__oconnor]

3) adults showed the opposite explicit bias: in self-reports, adults rated Black children as more honest than White children. Yet, this bias did not predict verdicts.