[vslist] POSTDOC motion perception UTRECHT

[Raymond van Ee]

A postdoctoral position is available in the Perceptual - Motor Integration group headed by Dr.Casper Erkelens to investigate neural binding mechanisms between perceived motion and form-from-motion. Research focuses on combining psychophysical and fMRI techniques to elucidate the mechanisms of motion processing that lead to the perception of form-from-motion.

We offer:
On a daily basis you will be working in a laboratory (http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwpm) with 2 post-docs and 10 graduate students working on projects in vision, oculomotor control and haptics. There are several international collaborations going on.
The imaging experiments will be carried out at the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (http://www.kun.nl/fcdonders) located at Nijmegen University.
Our group is part of the Helmholtz Institute (http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwfm) which combines internationally acknowledged research groups, concepts and methods in
neurophysiology, biophysics, psychophysics and psychology. We offer excellent training in all areas of vision science, including perception and action, material perception, stereo-motion interaction, and conscious vision.

Gross salary is competitive and
will range between EUR 2533,- and EUR 3885,- per month (depending on
qualifications and experiences). The yearly salary is supplemented by
an annual holiday bonus of 8% and allowance to compensate costs of
private health-insurance.

We ask:
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in one or more research areas of neuroscience.
Programming stimuli is a major part of the work so it is important that the applicant is used to (and finds pleasure in) programming computer code (we use OpenGl, Matlab, Mathematica, C).
The imaging experiments require (the ability to learn) programming experiments using Presentation, and (the ability to learn) data analysis with BrainVoyager including basic correlation/GLM analysis.

Applicants can send their CV, publication list and names of two references preferably within 4 weeks to:

Prof. Dr. C.J. Erkelens
Helmholtz Institute
Utrecht University
PrincetonPlein 5
3584 CC Utrecht
The Netherlands
c.j.erkelens@phys.uu.nl