[visionlist] Post-doctoral Position on fMRI studies of visual perception

[Zoe Kourtzi]

Post-doctoral Position on fMRI studies of visual perception


A Research Associate position is available to work with Zoe
Kourtzi in the
School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham.

Research in the lab focuses on form and motion perception,
perceptual
learning, 3D object recognition and categorization using
psychophysics and
fMRI.

The School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham is
a top class 5*
department that has a strong group in Cognitive
Neuroscience and a
state-of-the-art Imaging Center (3T scanner), access to a
large group
of screened neuropsychological patients, 2 128 channel
EEG/ERP systems, 
2 TMS delivery systems, robot systems for haptic  research,

and several systems for eye movement tracking and kinematic
analysis.

Candidates should have background and hold a Ph.D. in
Neuroscience,
Cognitive Psychology, Physics, Engineering or a related
field. Programming
skills (e.g. Matlab, C, OpenGL) and experience with
behavioural and imaging
techniques are desirable.

The position is funded for 24 months, starting October 1st,
2005. Salary
will be within the range of £21,640-23,643 UK pounds per
annum, depending
on qualifications and experience.

Please, send curriculum vitae, a research statement, and
names of three
referees to:

Zoe Kourtzi, PhD
e-mail: zoe.kourtzi at tuebingen.mpg.de