Post-doctoral research associate in cognitive neuroscience with experience
in visual perception research
Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, University of Groningen, The
Netherlands.
A full time post doctoral position is available for 2 years, beginning
immediately or preferably not later than 1 August 2001.
The post-doc will be involved in two projects.
1) The first project is a new one to be started by the post-doc and
aims to assess the influence of the training of viewing and attention
strategies on the acquirement of mobility skills of visually impaired
people. The hypothesis is that guided training of viewing and attention will
improve mobility skills. Equipment (SMI EyeLink gaze tracker and stimulus
and analysis software) for viewing training is available and ample
experience was obtained in recent PhD studies on the relation between visual
field defects and driving. The project will be executed in close
co-operation with the vision rehabilitation institutes of Visio Noord in
Haren and Het LooErf in Apeldoorn. Occupational therapists and mobility
trainers of these institutes will do several assessments. The post-doc
co-ordinates these assessments and will perform most of the evaluation
measurements. The Medical Ethical Committee will have approved the project
protocol by the time of the start. The project is financed by NWO-Medical
Sciences "InZicht".
This project is performed in collaboration with Greg Goodrich,
Western Blind Rehabilitation Center, Palo Alto, USA.
2) The second project investigates the influence of real and simulated
visual field defects on attention and eye movements. The aim of the project
is to assess the attentional capacity of a subject during visual search in
relation to the size and nature of visual field defects (both real and
simulated ones). The hypothesis is that the visual field defects will
increase the attentional load of the search task and that this in turn will
diminish the capacity for further additional tasks. Gaze tracking equipment
(SMI EyeLink) and stimulus environment are present in the Laboratory of
Experimental Ophthalmology and was developed in a previous phase of this
project. Visio, Foundation for the Visually Impaired and Blind, finances the
project.
Another task of the post-doc is to give statistical support to clinicians
and scientists of the Department of Ophthalmology.
The profile of the candidate:
* PhD in the area of behavioural neurosciences
* Interest and experience in fundamental and applied research of
visual perception
* Team worker
* Good communicative abilities
* Mastering Dutch language or willingness to acquire this in short
time
* Mastering spoken and written Dutch and English
* Good writing skills in English
* Excellent knowledge of methodological and statistical techniques
The Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology of the Department of
Ophthalmology, participates in the Graduate School of Behavioral and
Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN) of the University of Groningen, and
co-operates with the rehabilitation institutes of Visio and Het LooErf.
Appointment at the University of Groningen for a period of two years.
Salary minimum Dfl.5470 (approx. Euro 2480), maximum Dfl. 7555 (approx. Euro
3420) depending on previous experiences.
Information:
Dr. Frans W.Cornelissen, email: f.w.cornelissen@med.rug.nl
Tel.: +31 (0)50 3612510
Prof.Dr. Aart C. Kooijman
Visio chair of Videology
Editor of Visual Impairment Research
(http://www.swets.nl/sps/journals/vir1.html)
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Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology (LEO)
School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN)
Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen
P.O.Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
tel. +31 (0)50 3612165, fax +31 (0)50 3611636
Videology covers the field of research on and rehabilitation of
impairments of the visual functions of
the sensory, oculomotor and central nervous system.
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