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Launa Leboe-McGowan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba. She earned her PhD in Psychology from the University of Manitoba in 2009, and a Master's degree in Psychology from the same institution in 2006, following her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Simon Fraser University in June 1997. Her primary research interests include the constructive nature of auditory and visual perception, time perception, and heuristics. Her work on cognitive illusions has provided vital insights into understanding cognitive processes across various contexts, focusing on the errors inherent in cognitive tasks and how these errors can illuminate the mechanisms behind low-level perceptual experiences and decision-making. Leboe-McGowan's research emphasizes the balance between bottom-up and top-down processing in perception and seeks to clarify how cognitive processing often reflects an imperfect construction of reality. Her research findings have broad applicability across diverse fields, making significant contributions to the understanding of fundamental cognitive processes.
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