[vslist] PhD studentship "Attention and Object recognition"

[Pieter Roelfsema]

A PhD studentship is available at the Department of Visual System Analysis,
University of Amsterdam. 

Information on the position: The visual system has to segment the visual
world into objects and the background, as the first step on the way to
image comprehension. During image segmentation visual attention is directed
to those objects that are relevant to behavior. The candidate will compare
the role of different regions of the visual cortex of monkeys in
segmentation tasks. The focus will be on the role of the inferotemporal
cortex, a part of the cortex that is involved in object recognition.

Applicants must have a master's degree in biology, psychology, cognitive
science, physics or medicine.

Application deadline: April 15, 2002.

The candidate will work at the Department of Visual System Analysis (PR
Roelfsema & H Spekreijse) at the University of Amsterdam. Recent
publications of our group include: 
Roelfsema et al. (1998), Nature 395, 376-81; Roelfsema & Spekreijse (2001),
Neuron 31, 853-863.

Information: Further information can be obtained from Dr. Pieter Roelfsema
by e-mail p.roelfsema@ioi.knaw.nl or phone +31-20-5665715.

If you are interested, send a motivated application including your CV to
Dr. P.R. Roelfsema, PO Box 12011, 1100 AA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.