[visionlist] 2 Ph.D. studentships available for work on Cortical mechanisms ofcolorvision

[Karl Gegenfurtner]

Applications are invited for a Ph. D. student (salary according to
0.5 BAT IIa) to work on an DFG funded project under the supervision
of Prof. Karl R. Gegenfurtner and Dr. Thorsten Hansen.

In the research project we will explore the interaction of color and
luminance in the processing of form, develop a biologically motivated
model for the processing of color and luminance edges, study chromatic
discrimination for natural images and explore the effects of memory on
human color perception.

The postholder will be responsible for setting-up laboratory
experiments to measure color vision, recruiting and testing
participants, analyzing data, developing models and writing-up
results. The idea is for one of the students to concentrate on
the modelling aspects, and for the other student to concentrate
on the psychophysical experiments.

Applications are invited from candidates with a higher degree (diploma
or MS) in subjects related to aspects of neuroscience including
psychology, computing, biological sciences, and engineering.
Applicants should have knowledge and skills in at least one of the
following areas: computer programming; visual psychophysics;
experimental psychology.  Applicants will are expected to have a
strong interest in human visual perception.

The department of psychology offers a stimulating, multi-national and
multi-disciplinary research environment for young scientists.  Besides
color vision, a major research topic in the department is the
interaction of perception and action, in particular eye movements.

Gießen, located 50 km north of Frankfurt near the river Lahn, is a
beautiful, vibrating city (Thorsten thinks so :-) with the world's first
interactive museum for mathematics.

For an informal discussion of the post contact us (Karl R. Gegenfurnter or
Thorsten Hansen) (Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de, Tel.+49
641-9926100 or Thorsten.Hansen at psychol.uni-giessen.de, Tel. +49 641-9926107), or
approach Thorsten at VSS 2005 in Sarasota.

Full applications with the usual materials should be
sent (no later than May 9, 2005) via Email in PDF format or to:

Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie
Justus-Liebig-Universität, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen

phone:  +49 641 9926100	  mailto:gegenfurtner at uni-giessen.de
fax:    +49 641 9926119	  http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl