Dear Hoover,
I would be grateful if you could post this job advert on CVNET WORLD.
Many thanks,
Vicki Brearley
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PhD Research Project in Visual Science at City University
£ 14000 - £15500 per annum
The successful applicant will be joining a team of researchers in an
active laboratory with several ongoing vision projects. The work will
focus primarily on "blindsight" and other functions associated with
subcortical pathways. Psychophysical techniques and other tests based
on involuntary visually evoked responses, eye-movements, pupillometry
and fMRI have already been developed for this project. The successful
applicant will therefore be able to start experimental work without
delay. A number of subjects with both unilateral and bilateral
cortical damage will be investigated.
The aim is to reveal some of the potential capacities of the nine or
more extra-striate pathways originating in the retina that remain
intact after damage to the primary visual cortex. Emphasis will be
placed on the kind of performance that can be achieved when the
subject is not consciously aware of the visual input. Improvement in
performance with practice will also be investigated.
A good science degree is required and technical skills in
psychophysics, photometry, data analysis, computing and modelling work
would be an advantage.
For further particulars and an application form contact
Vicki Brearley
Research Administrator,
Applied Vision Research Centre,
City University,
311-321 Goswell Road,
London EC1V 7DD.
e-mail: vicki@city.ac.uk
tel. +44-171-4778000 ext.4342
fax.+44-171-4778355