Professor Dr. Valerie Thompson
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Biography
Valerie Thompson is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research interests include intuitive judgments, decision-making, and metacognition, focusing on how individuals evaluate the accuracy of their thought processes. As a past President of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Thinking & Reasoning, she has significantly contributed to the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Her research program has been continuously funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada since 1991, that investigates the interactions between intuitive and rational decision-making. Specifically, her current research examines the properties of intuitive judgments and their relationship with feelings of probability and the analysis type engaged. To support her research, she has facilitated the development of the Experimental Decision Lab (EDL), a modern research facility for cognitive science research equipped with advanced eye-tracking technology.
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Master Program
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