[visionlist] Research Fellow: Experimental Psychology, Birmingham

[Harriet Allen]

Hello

I am advertising for a Post Doc to come and work in my lab. Its on a new 
project into the interaction of ageing, vision and attention.

The School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham contains a 
vibrant research community with active research in visual perception, 
cognition, (f)MRI and ageing. Faculty members include Glyn Humphreys, 
Mike Harris, Andrew Schofield and Zoe Kourtzi. The School has facilities 
for (f)MRI, EEG, TMS, as well as eye tracking, psychophysics and 
behavioural studies. Birmingham is a cosmopolitan and welcoming city 
with excellent links to the rest of the UK.

See below for specfic add.

Harriet

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Research Fellow
Experimental Psychology
School of Psychology

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow position in the School of 
Psychology.

The position is to work on an ESRC research grant awarded to Dr Harriet 
Allen. The project will investigate the relationship between vision, 
attention and ageing using behavioural, psychophysical and fMRI methods. 
The work will involve testing the relationship between visibility, 
discriminability and search performance in older and younger adults.

You should have or be undergoing a PhD in Experimental Psychology. 
Experience in vision science, perception, imaging or related disciplines 
is essential. Some programming experience (e.g. Matlab) and/or 
experience with fMRI data is desirable.

Informal enquiries can be addressed to Dr Harriet Allen on tel: +44 
(0)121 414 3601 or email: H.A.Allen at bham.ac.uk.

Maximum starting salary £25,134 a year, in the range of £25,134 - 
£32,796 a year (potential progression on performance once in post to 
£34,813 a year). This position is available from 1 January 2008 for a 
period of 34 months.

Closing date: 8 November 2007
Reference: H46117

Details from 0121 415 9000 or www.hr.bham.ac.uk/jobs
HR, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
or 
http://www.vacancies.bham.ac.uk/vacancies/furtherParticulars.htm?refNo=46117
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Dr H A Allen
RCUK Research Fellow
Brain and Behavioural Sciences
School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3601
Fax: +44 (0) 414 4897
Email: H.A.Allen at bham.ac.uk