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Interim Dean of Arts & Sciences Professor Office: Evaristus C307 C Phone: (902) 457-6138 E-Mail: michelle.eskritt@msvu.ca |
PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Eskritt is currently the interim Dean of Arts and Sciences until further notice. She is not teaching for the Psychology department at present.
Education
B.A. (Windsor)
M.A. (Queen’s)
Ph.D. (Queen’s)
Research Interests
I am interested in cognitive development across the lifespan, and more specifically:
- How we externalize our memory with symbols and its influence on our cognitive processing (e.g., relying on smart phones)
- Children and adults’ understanding of nonverbal communication in different contexts such as deception or when communicating online
- Adolescent judgment and reasoning abilities
Selected Publications
Eskritt, M., Seale, C., & Brownell, M. (2025). Does the positivity effect apply to emotion perception? Examining emotion perception across adulthood. Cognitive Development, 73, 101521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2024.101521
Zupan, B. & Eskritt, M. (2023). Facial and vocal emotion recognition in adolescence: A systematic review. Adolescent Research Review, 9, 253-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-023-00219-7
Eskritt, M. & Zupan, B. (2023). Emotion perception from vocal cues: Testing the influence of emotion intensity and sex on in-group advantage. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 77(3), 202-211. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000310
Zupan, B., & Eskritt, M. (2022). Validation of affective sentences: Extending beyond basic emotion categories. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 51, 1409-1429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-022-09906-3
Eskritt, M., Fraser, B., & Bosacki, S. (2022). Did you just lie to me? Deception detection in face to face versus computer mediated communication. Journal of Social Psychology, 162(5), 566-579. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.1933884
Eskritt, M., & Walsh, K. (2021). Executive functioning and external symbols: The role of symbolic understanding and psychological distancing. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 182(2), 116-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2020.1869682
O’Rouke, S., Eskritt, M., & Bosacki, S. (2018). Communication, compassion, and computers: Adolescents’ and adults’ evaluations of online and face-to-face deception. Journal of Adolescence, 65, 133-140. DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.03.010
Eskritt, M., & Lee, K. (2016). The detection of prosocial lying by children. Infant and Child Development, 26, e1969. DOI: 10.1002/icd.1969
Eskritt, M., Doucette, J., & Robitaille, L. (2014). Does future oriented thinking predict adolescent decision-making? Journal of Genetic Psychology, 175, 163-179. DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2013.875886
Eskritt, M. & Ma, S. (2014). Intentional forgetting: Note-taking as a naturalistic example. Memory & Cognition, 42, 237-246. doi: 10.3758/s13421-013-0362-1
Eskritt, M., & Olson, D. R. (2012). From depiction to notation: How children use symbols to represent objects & events. Journal of Cognition and Development, 13(2), 189-207. DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2011.590786
Eskritt, M., & Lee, K. (2009).Children’s informational reliance during inconsistent communication: The public-private distinction. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104, 214-228. Click here to read this article
Eskritt, M., Whalen, J., & Lee, K. (2008). Young children’s recognize violations of the Gricean maxims. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 26(3), 435-443. Click here to read this article
Eskritt, M., & McLeod, K. (2008). Children’s note-taking as a mnemonic tool. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 101,52-74. Click here to read this article
Freire, A., Eskritt, M., & Lee, K. (2004). Are eyes windows to a deceiver’s soul? Children’s use of another’s eye gaze cues in a deceptive situation, Developmental Psychology, 40, 1093-1104. Click here to read this article