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Victoria Johnson

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Postdoctoral Associate @UnivMiami.bsky.social (formerly @UMN & ‪@duke-university.bsky.social‬) | knowledge revision, trust in science/scientists, source credibility, and science communication https://edpsych.umn.edu/research/labs/reading-learning

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Victoria Johnson @vkjohnson.bsky.social · Jun 6

🎓 It's official - I've successfully defended my dissertation!

Thank you to everyone who supported me on this journey. Looking forward to my next chapter as a postdoc at the University of Miami!

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Victoria Johnson @vkjohnson.bsky.social · Nov 21

Going to #psynom24? Check out great work from our lab on misinformation, discourse and memory processes, and code comprehension! @kendeou.bsky.social @hwangphd.bsky.social

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Victoria Johnson @vkjohnson.bsky.social · Jul 29

➡️ Beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing that promote trust in scientific sources might protect against climate change denial
➡️ Building these beliefs and the skills to evaluate information sources could help combat climate change denial

Victoria Johnson @vkjohnson.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨Out in JRST 🚨
What determines belief and trust in climate change information? In a new paper with @kendeou.bsky.social, Rina Harsch, and Reese Butterfuss, we examine the role of political ideology, epistemic beliefs, and source political leaning.👇
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<em>Journal of Research in Science Teaching</em> | NARST Science Education Journal | Wiley Online Library

A crucial hurdle to addressing climate change is science denial. While research suggests that science denial is related to judgments individuals make about the credibility of information sources, les....

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Victoria Johnson @vkjohnson.bsky.social · Jul 17

Excited to share all of the work coming from the Reading + Learning Lab at #TextDiscourse2024 this week! @kendeou.bsky.social @yewonkang.bsky.social @mpagkratidou.bsky.social

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Victoria Johnson @vkjohnson.bsky.social · May 10

➡️ source judgements can be revised
➡️ refutations from sources later revealed to be high credibility –even if they were initially low credibility– can facilitate knowledge revision

Victoria Johnson @vkjohnson.bsky.social · May 10

🚨Out in Memory & Cognition 🚨
How malleable are source credibility evaluations? In a new paper with @kendeou.bsky.social and Reese Butterfuss, we find that these judgements are malleable, and have implications for revision. Read more below 👇
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Dynamic source credibility and its impacts on knowledge revision

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Victoria Johnson @vkjohnson.bsky.social · May 10

➡️ source judgements can be revised
➡️ refutations from sources later revealed to be high credibility –even if they were initially low credibility– can facilitate knowledge revision

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Panayiota (Pani) Kendeou @kendeou.bsky.social · Nov 29

@vkjohnson.bsky.social and I proposed that misinformation in education manifests at the individual, community, and system levels; thus corrective approaches need to adapt at those levels. Read all about it here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iA6B,rU%7...

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Panayiota (Pani) Kendeou @kendeou.bsky.social · Nov 15

Going to #psynom2023 later this week? Check out great work from our lab on misinformation, discourse and memory processes, and code comprehension! @mpagkratidou.bsky.social @vkjohnson.bsky.social @yewonkang.bsky.social

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