[visionlist] RA to study brain mechanisms of action understanding in viewing dance

[Frank Pollick]

Hi,

Could you please post the following job ad.  Thanks!

Frank


UNIVERSITY  of GLASGOW
 
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
FACULTY OF INFORMATION & MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
 
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
 
£23,692 - £26,666
 
REF NO: 14123/DPO/A3
 
 
Applications are invited for a Research Assistant to work with Dr Frank 
Pollick and Dr Marie-Helene Grosbras on a 30 month post to study the 
neural mechanisms underlying the observation and affective processing 
of dance movements. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities 
Research Council and involves collaboration with Professor Dee Reynolds 
at the University of Manchester and Dr. Matthew Reason of York St John 
University who will be conducting related studies on audience reactions 
to dance performance.  The assistant will conduct behavioral and brain 
imaging (fMRI, TMS) experiments that investigate neural mechanisms of 
action understanding and affective processing of dance.
 
Responsibilities will include liaising with project partners, 
organizing video materials, and the design and analysis of behavioral 
and brain imaging experiments.   Brain imaging experiments will take 
place within the newly established Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging 
(CCNi) in the Department of Psychology. 
 
This post is available from 1 May 2008 and has funding for 30 months.
 
Informal enquiries may be made to Frank Pollick (+44 (0)141 330 3945:   
frank at psy.gla.ac.uk ).
 
For further details about the post please see our website at 
http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies   or contact Clare Alexander, 
Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ (+44 (0) 1414 
330 5090, email c.alexander at psy.gla.ac.uk
 
Applications should be submitted to Clare Alexander at the above 
address.
Closing date: 26 March 2008.
 
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