Jo-Anne LeFevre (born 1960)[1] is a Canadian cognitive scientist specializing in numeracy and the cognitive science of mathematics.
She is Chancellor's Professor of Cognitive Science and Psychology, and Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University.
[2] Her research has included the development of a test used to screen "tens of thousands of Canadian children" for risk of delayed mathematical development.
[4] Her dissertation, A differentiated-resource view of reading skill, was supervised by Peter Dixon.
[4] LeFevre is the 2018 recipient of the Mentorship Award of Women in Cognitive Science Canada,[6] and the 2023 recipient of the Donald O. Hebb Distinguished Contribution Award of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science.