We have openings for 3 postdocs, 1 in VISION SCIENCE. The vision PD would be
housed in the Vision Lab on the downtown campus in Toronto (for
psychophysics), with links to the Rotman Research Institute and Sunnybrook
Hospital (for neuroimaging). Official applications should go to Bruce
Schneider (see below), but any questions re: the position can come to me
(sekuler@psych.utoronto.ca) or Patrick Bennett (bennett@psych.utoronto.ca).
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Allison B. Sekuler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology & Program in Neuroscience
University of Toronto
Adjunct Professor, Centre for Vision Science
York University
100 St. George St., Suite 4020
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3, CANADA
tel: 1-416-978-1537 fax: 1-416-978-4811
http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/~sekuler
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The CIHR Research Group on Sensory and Cognitive Aging is looking to fill
three post-doctoral positions starting in September, 2000. We are looking
for two people with a strong background in hearing and one person with a
strong background in vision. All three should also have a strong interest
and some familiarity with higher-order cognitive processes, such as memory,
reading, speech perception, and language comprehension.
The long-term objective of our research group is to determine the
nature of the strong linkage between sensory and cognitive aging. To
achieve this goal, we have gathered together a group of researchers with
expertise in hearing and vision as well as in psychophysics, cognition, and
cognitive neuroscience. Thus, we can and will be investigating the linkage
between sensory and cognitive aging using a variety of behavioural and
psychophysiological techniques, including functional magnetic resonance
imaging, and scalp recordings of event-related potentials. Successful
candidates will receive training in these techniques and will be expected
to coordinate the use of these techniques in studies designed to (1)
determine the reasons for the linkage between sensory and cognitive aging;
and (2) identify the neural circuitry that is being affected by these
changes.
The members of the Research Group are : Bruce Schneider (hearing and
speech); Claude Alain (auditory perception and event-related potentials);
Patrick Bennett (vision and visual aging), Meredyth Daneman (reading and
language comprehension), Cheryl Grady (functional imaging of neural
structures affected by cognitive aging), Kathy Pichora-Fuller (hearing
disorders and speech comprehension), and Allison Sekuler (visual perception
and aging). We also have strong collaborative ties with Randy McIntosh
(functional imaging), Lynn Hasher (attention and cognitive aging); and
Fergus I. M. Craik (memory and aging).
We have excellent psychophysical research facilities in hearing and
vision at the University of Toronto, and ready access to a variety of
imaging techniques through the Rotman Institute of the Baycrest Hospital for
Geriatric Care.
Applicants should send their CV and three letters of reference to:
Bruce Schneider
Head, CIHR Research Group on Sensory and Cognitive Aging
Department of Psychology
University of Toronto at Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Rd.
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6, CANADA
Phone: (905) 828-3963
Fax: (905) 569-4326
email: bschneid@credit.erin.utoronto.ca
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