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John D. Eastwood

John D. Eastwood

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
9048
World Ranking
10030
National Ranking
698

John D. Eastwood publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John D. Eastwood sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 88 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

John D. Eastwood D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John D. Eastwood sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

John D. Eastwood is affiliated with York University in Canada, focusing their research primarily within the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, as well as Human-Computer Interaction.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders

Eastwood has contributed to various peer-reviewed journals with frequent publications in Frontiers in Psychology. Other journals featuring their work include Assessment, Consciousness and Cognition, Child Psychiatry & Human Development, and Behavioral Sciences.

Notable recent papers by Eastwood include:

  • "Trait Boredom as a Lack of Agency: A Theoretical Model and a New Assessment Tool," 2023, Assessment
  • "Sitting with it: An investigation of the relationship between trait mindfulness and sustained attention," 2021, Consciousness and Cognition
  • "Examining the Longitudinal Associations between Adjustment Disorder Symptoms and Boredom during COVID-19," 2022, Behavioral Sciences
  • "Trait and state boredom: Associations with attention failure in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder," 2020, Psychiatry Research
  • "Understanding the relation between boredom and academic performance in postsecondary students," 2020, Journal of Educational Psychology

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Eastwood include James Danckert, Maggie E. Toplak, Veerpal Bambrah, Amanda Wyman, and Vincent Chin-Hung Chen.

In addition to journal articles, Eastwood has published a book titled Out of My Skull in 2020 with Harvard University Press.

Best Publications

  • The Unengaged Mind: Defining Boredom in Terms of Attention

    John D. Eastwood;Alexandra Frischen;Mark J. Fenske;Daniel Smilek

  • Differential attentional guidance by unattended faces expressing positive and negative emotion.

    John D. Eastwood;Daniel Smilek;Philip M. Merikle

  • Perception without awareness: perspectives from cognitive psychology

    Philip M. Merikle;Daniel Smilek;John D. Eastwood

  • Development and validation of the multidimensional state boredom scale.

    Shelley A. Fahlman;Kimberley B. Mercer-Lynn;David B. Flora;John D. Eastwood

  • Modulation of focused attention by faces expressing emotion: evidence from flanker tasks.

    Mark J. Fenske;John D. Eastwood

  • Visual search for faces with emotional expressions.

    Alexandra Frischen;John D. Eastwood;Daniel Smilek

  • Cognitive Ethology: a new approach for studying human cognition.

    Alan Kingstone;Daniel Smilek;John D. Eastwood

  • Boredom: An Emotional Experience Distinct from Apathy, Anhedonia, or Depression

    Yael K. Goldberg;John D. Eastwood;Jennifer LaGuardia;James Danckert

  • Negative facial expression captures attention and disrupts performance.

    John D. Eastwood;Daniel Smilek;Philip M. Merikle

  • Attention, Researchers! It Is Time to Take a Look at the Real World:

    Alan Kingstone;Daniel Smilek;Jelena Ristic;Chris Kelland Friesen

  • Does a lack of life meaning cause boredom? Results from psychometric, longitudinal, and experimental analyses.

    Shelley A. Fahlman;Kimberley B. Mercer;Peter Gaskovski;Adrienne E. Eastwood

  • Is boredom associated with problem gambling behaviour? It depends on what you mean by ‘boredom’

    Kimberley B. Mercer;John D. Eastwood

  • Causes of boredom: The person, the situation, or both?

    Kimberley B. Mercer-Lynn;Rachel J. Bar;John D. Eastwood

  • A desire for desires: Boredom and its relation to alexithymia

    John D. Eastwood;Carolina Cavaliere;Shelley A. Fahlman;Adrienne E. Eastwood

  • Does state boredom cause failures of attention? Examining the relations between trait boredom, state boredom, and sustained attention

    Andrew Hunter;John D. Eastwood

  • Relax! Cognitive strategy influences visual search

    Daniel Smilek;James T. Enns;John D. Eastwood;Philip M. Merikle

  • The Measurement of Boredom: Differences Between Existing Self-Report Scales

    Kimberley B. Mercer-Lynn;David B. Flora;Shelley A. Fahlman;John D. Eastwood

  • Does unattended information facilitate change detection

    Daniel Smilek;Jonathan Eastwood;Philip M. Merikle

  • Individuals with social phobia are biased to become aware of negative faces

    John Eastwood;Daniel Smile;Jonathan Oakman;Peter Farvolden

  • Culture and state boredom: A comparison between European Canadians and Chinese

    Andy H. Ng;Yong Liu;Jian-zhi Chen;John D. Eastwood

  • Cognitive Ethology : A new approach for studying human cognition. Commentaries. Authors' reply

    Alan Kingstone;Daniel Smilek;John D Eastwood;David Crundall

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Smilek
Daniel Smilek University of Waterloo
Maggie E. Toplak
Maggie E. Toplak York University
Alan Kingstone
Alan Kingstone University of British Columbia
James Danckert
James Danckert University of Waterloo
Philip M. Merikle
Philip M. Merikle University of Waterloo
Richard P. Swinson
Richard P. Swinson McMaster University
David B. Flora
David B. Flora York University
Charles E. Cunningham
Charles E. Cunningham McMaster University
Trevor A. Hart
Trevor A. Hart Toronto Metropolitan University
David Crundall
David Crundall Nottingham Trent University

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