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He is a Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University following research fellowships at The University of California, The University of Queensland, and Harvard Medical School. He is working to reduce error in safety-critical decision making in forensics, medicine, and defence, and to better understand the nature and development of perceptual expertise. He has received over $1.4 million in research funding, and currently holds an ARC Linkage Grant and Department of Defence grant. He provides training to the WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services, WA Police Force, and WA Department of Health, and serves on the early-career brain science panel at the National Academy of Science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1ae998f2fa43701e2df41f/1629108502127-RI3E5TWB3BI5AKBULIMB/IMG_9786.jpeg Research Team Varun Gandhi Varun completed his BSc (Psychology) at Murdoch University in 2019 and completed his Honours under Dr Thompson in 2020, focusing on people’s ability to visually discriminate between marine species. Varun commenced his PhD in 2021, under the supervision of Dr Thompson and Associate Professor Guillermo Campitelli. Varun's PhD focuses on the perception of time and the conditions under which time perception is distorted. Varun is particularly interested in investigating the impact of perceptual expertise on time perception - that is, do experts perceive time differently? More broadly, Varun is interested in the biases and heuristics that we consciously and unconsciously use to make sense of the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1ae998f2fa43701e2df41f/1618474587627-K9S8QHT230TC7M4SMCIW/elle.png Research Team Alexandra Richardson-Newton Alexandra completed her BA (Psychology) at Murdoch University in 2020 and completed her Honours under the supervision of Dr Matthew Thompson in 2021. Since completing her Honours, Alexandra has been working as a Research Assistant in the Perceptual Expertise Advanced Research Lab to Dr Thompson. Alexandra has a strong interest in cognitive and social psychology and how perception shapes the way we think and behave in the world. 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