Dear Dr. Chan,
I would like to post the following advertisement for a PDF on CVNet.
Thank you,
Keith Humphrey
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We are seeking a post-doctoral fellow to conduct 'mental chronometry' research
(the study of the temporal sequencing of information processing in the human
brain). The research involves using psychophysical methods in combination
with
a new fMRI technique having the kind of high-temporal resolution
characteristic
of VEPs, resulting in a major new capability for evaluating mental chronometry
at high spatial resolution. In particular, the research will involve further
development of robust single-event fMRI capabilities and the use of such
single-event fMRI to establish response latency for various 'low-level'
psychophysical detection tasks (e.g. detection of sine-wave gratings as a
function of contrast and spatial frequency, detection of movement, and
shape-from-shading discrimination).
The fMRI research will be conducted at the Laboratory for Functional Magnetic
Resonance Research at the Robarts Research Institute adjacent to the
University
of Western Ontario campus. This facility houses Canada's highest field MRI
instrument (4-Tesla). In addition, we have a '0-T' simulated fMRI facility
that
is used to train subjects, develop new instrumentation, and measure behaviour
that cannot be measured directly in the high field of the actual magnet. The
0-T facility is housed in the Department of Psychology at the University of
Western Ontario.
The applicant should have a Ph.D. in visual perception preferably with an
emphasis on 'low-level' psychophysics. The applicant should be familiar with
both Macintosh and UNIX computer environments and with MATLAB.
We would like the appointment to begin some time between January-April 1999.
The initial appointment would be for two years with the possibility of an
additional two-year appointment. Salary will follow Medical Research
Council of Canada guidelines.
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Keith Humphrey
Department of Psychology
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2
Phone: 519-679-2111 Ext. 4687
E-mail:keith@julian.uwo.ca
Fax: 519-661-3961
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