Hoover,
could you please post this to the cvnet list.
thanks.
Julie
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University of Edinburgh
Centre for Neuroscience
Research Studentship in Human Visual Perception
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A PhD studentship, funded by the MRC, is available to study human visual
perception with Dr. Julie M. Harris in the Centre for Neuroscience at the
University of Edinburgh.
In our laboratory, experiments with human observers are used to explore
the basic processes underlying visual perception. We are currently a
group of 3 people, including myself and two postdoctoral researchers, who
are funded by research council grants.
We are currently conducting experiments on binocular stereopsis, 3-D
motion perception and the perception of pattern and form. Several
research projects in the lab are involved with understanding the earliest
stages of human visual processing, where simple stimuli are used to link
human performance with neurophysiological behaviour of single neurons and
populations of neurons.
Recent work on cortical plasticity has demonstrated that the response of
both human observers and single neurons can be altered from moment to
moment dependent upon the context in which the visual stimulus is
presented. A new interest in the lab is in trying to bridge the gap
between our current understanding of vision and these context-dependent
and attention-dependent phenomona. We plan to explore these effects in
normal human observers and also hope to work with patients who have
specific visual deficits.
The student may negotiate to conduct a project in any area provided it is
complementary to the research work or interests of those in the lab.
Applicants will be expected to obtain or have already obtained a first or
upper second class degree. It would be useful to have experience in a
subject related to Neuroscience, such as Psychology, Biology or Cognitive
Science, but applications are most welcome from individuals who could
bring other perspectives to the lab, along with a keen interest in
learning about vision. There will be ample opportunity to interact and
collaborate with the others members of the lab and with the wider vision
research community in and around Edinburgh.
The student must be comfortable around computers and be prepared to learn
how to both operate and program computers to generate stimuli and conduct
experiments.
For further information and application details, contact Julie Harris as
soon as possible by email at the address below, or see my web page:
http://sirius.lns.ed.ac.uk/members/Harris_extras/Julie_Harris.html.
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Dr. Julie M. Harris email: Julie.Harris@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Neuroscience tel: 0131-650-3531 (work)
University of Edinburgh 0131-650-4562 (secretary)
Crichton Street 0131-667-5081 (home)
Edinburgh EH8 9LE fax: 0131-650-4579
United Kingdom
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