Heather Moynihan Johnston

Department of Psychology
221L Lazenby Hall
Columbus, OH 43210

johnston.364@osu.edu

Heather Johnston
Education

Awards and Honors

Teaching Experience

Research Experience

Publications

Presentations

Posters

Membership in Professional Organizations

Education:

Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, The Ohio State University - June 2005
Dissertation: The influence of frequency and intensity patterns on the perception of pitch.
Advisor: Mari Jones, Ph.D.
Minor Area: Quantitative Psychology
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M.A. in Hearing Science, The Ohio State University - June 1998
Thesis: Telephone Usage: A comparison of completely-in-the-canal hearing aids, behind-the-ear hearing aids, and amplified handsets.
Advisor: Stephanie Davidson, Ph.D.

B.A. in Communication Processes and Disorders, University of Florida - June 1996

Awards and Honors:

Graduate Incentive Committee in Learning and Memory (GICLAM) Fellow - 2004-2005

James Klein Dissertation Award - 2004

Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Fellow, The Ohio State University - 2002-2003
Selected, through a university-wide competition, to participate in a mentorship program with faculty from local liberal arts colleges.
Mentor: Lynda Hall, Ph.D., Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH

Teaching Experience at The Ohio State University:

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Undergraduate research supervisor - Department of Psychology
PSY 693 Individual Studies - Fall 2000-present
Introduced undergraduate honors students to cognitive/experimental psychology research. Including familiarizing them with equipment, conducting experiments, and analyzing data.

Teaching Assistant - Department of Psychology
PSY 826 Introduction to Statistics - Fall 2001
PSY 827 Analysis of Variance - Winter 2002
PSY 828 Correlational Analysis - Spring 2002
Conducted weekly laboratory sections, created homework, and held weekly office hours for graduate level statistics classes.

Instructor of Record - Department of Speech and Hearing Science
SHS 540 Introduction to Audiology - Winter 2000
Created lectures, exams, and homework for upperlevel undergraduate course; conducted biweekly lectures and weekly laboratory sections; held weekly office hours.

Teaching Assistant - Department of Speech and Hearing Science
SHS 705 Audiological Assessment I - Fall 1997, 1998
SHS 735 Hearing Aids - Winter 1998
SHS 750 Assessment of Vestibular Function - Summer 1999
Conducted weekly laboratory sections, created homework, and held weekly office hours for graduate level audiological assessment classes.

Research Experience:

Graduate Research Assistant - Department of Psychology - 2000-present
Worked on "Effects of Age and Tempo in Response to Music" Grant funded by the International Foundation for Music Research.
Continuing research on the influence of time relationships on attention to auditory patterns.

Research Traineeship - James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN - 1996
Collected data for masters thesis.

Publications:

Johnston, H.M. & Jones, M.R. (2006). Higher-order pattern structure influences auditory representational momentum. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32, 2-17.

Jones, M.R., Johnston, H.M., & Puente, J. (2006). Effects of auditory patten structure on anticipatory and reactive attending. Cognitive Psychology, 53, 59-96.

McAuley, J.D., Jones, M.R., Holub, S., Johnston, H.M., & Miller, N. (under review). Age related slowing and event timing: A lifespan perspective. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Jones, M.R., Barnes, R., Brunetti, R., Ellis, R., Johnston, H., Large, E., MacKenzie, N., McAuley, D., Penel, A., & Puente, J. (2005). News from the roar lab at the ohio state university. Cognitive Processes, 7, 60-64.

Jones, M.R., Moynihan, H.M., MacKenzie, N., & Puente, J.K. (2002). Stimulus-driven attending in dynamic auditory arrays. Psychological Science, 13(4), 313-319. PDF file

Presentations:

Johnston, H. M. (2006, June). Representational Momentum in the ROAR lab. Invited speaker at The Symposium to Honor the Retirement of Mari Reiss Jones, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, US.

Johnston, H. M.(2004, October). Auditory patterns influence pitch perception. Invited speaker at Bowling Green State University Neuroscience Brown Bag, Bowling Green, Ohio, US.

Johnston, H. M. & Jones, M. R. (2004). Effects of pitch structure on auditory representational momentum. The International Conference for the Society on Music Perception and Cognition, 8th annual meeting, Evanston, Illinois, US.

Jones, M. R., Puente, J. K., & Moynihan, H. (2003). Selective listening to simple tone sequences. The Psychonomic Society, 43rd annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Jones, M. R., Puente, J. K., & Moynihan, H. (2003). Some influences on low-level melodic expectancies. Society for Music Perception & Cognition, 2003 annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

McAuley, D., Jones, M. R., Holub, S., Miller, N., & Moynihan, H. (2003). Effects of age and tempo in the timing control of rhythmic performance: A lifespan study. Society for Music Perception & Cognition, 2003 annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

McAuley, D., Jones, M.R., Holub, S., Miller, N., & Moynihan, H. (2003). Effects of age and tempo in the timing control of rhythmic performance: A lifespan study. New England Sequence and Timing Conferences, 13th annual meeting, New Haven, CT.

Moynihan, H. (2002). Effects of Temporal Manipulations on Auditory Representational Momentum. The Ohio State University Cognitive Psychology Brown Bag, Columbus, OH.

Moynihan, H. (2002). Temporal Expectancies and Cue Validity in Auditory Patterns. The Ohio State University Cognitive Psychology Brown Bag, Columbus, OH.

Jones, M. R., Moynihan, H., MacKenzie, N., & Puente, J. (2001). Effects of sequence timing on judgments of pitch: Implications for attention and expectancy in music. The Psychonomic Society, 42st annual meeting, Orlando, FL.

Jones, M. R., Moynihan, H., & MacKenzie, N. (2000). Timing effects on attending to pitch. The Psychonomic Society, 41st annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Moynihan, H. (2000). Representational Momentum in Auditory Sequences. The Ohio State University Cognitive Psychology Brown Bag, Columbus, OH.

Posters:

Moynihan, H. (2003). Effects of context on auditory representational momentum. Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Moynihan, H. (1999). A comparison of programmable and conventional hearing aid telecoils. John Black Symposium Poster Session, Columbus, OH.

Moynihan, H. (1999). Telephone usage: A comparison of CIC hearing aids, BTE hearing aids, and amplified handsets. John Black Symposium Poster Session, Columbus, OH.

Membership in Professional Organizations:

American Psychological Society, Graduate Student Affiliate - 2003-present