[visionlist] Postdoctoral Position: Active Viewing of Dynamic Scenes

[John M. Henderson]

Postdoctoral Position: Active Viewing of Dynamic Scenes
Psychology Department
University of Edinburgh

A two-year postdoctoral research assistantship is available on a project 
investigating the active viewing of dynamic scenes. The research, funded 
by the Leverhulme Trust, focuses on understanding how attention and gaze 
are oriented in video depicting real-world events. The project includes 
development of new techniques for analyzing and visualizing eyetracking 
data in video.

Candidates should have a PhD in Cognitive Psychology or a related 
Cognitive Science discipline and experience with eyetracking. A strong 
quantitative background and knowledge of MATLAB or similar programming 
environment are preferred.

The Visual Cognition Lab is focused on understanding human vision during 
complex real-world scene perception. Because human vision involves 
active information seeking via eye movements, much of the work in the 
lab focuses on human gaze control. We are also interested in 
computational approaches and implementation of underlying attentional 
processes in the human brain. A new focus in the lab combines 
eyetracking with ERPs. The Visual Cognition Lab is part of an extensive 
cognitive science community at Edinburgh University.

Interested candidates should send a CV, a brief (2 page max) statement 
of research interests, representative reprints, and the names and 
contact information of two references by email to John Henderson 
(john.m.henderson at ed.ac.uk). Start date is flexible. Informal inquiries 
are welcome.

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Prof John M. Henderson
Visual Cognition Unit
Psychology Department
7 George Square
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ
United Kingdom

john.m.henderson at ed.ac.uk
http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/people/jhender9/henderson_index.html

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