[vslist] POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Visual Attention in Human Infants

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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Visual Attention in Human Infants
Rice University (<http://www.rice.edu/>http://www.rice.edu)
Department of Psychology
Starting July 1, 2004

Applications are now being accepted for a post-doctoral fellowship commencing July 1, 2004. The stipend is NIH standard based on years of experience. Applicants must either be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applications from women and minorities are encouraged. Support is for three years, but appointments can be made for shorter durations if mutually agreeable.

The primary lab for this appointment uses behavioral methods to study the development of visual attention during infancy. Psychophysical studies of visual contrast processing and visual attention in adults also comprise the work in this lab.

The Rice University Department of Psychology has strong emphases on cognition (<http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~psyc/>http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~psyc/) and neuroscience (<http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~neurosci/>http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~neurosci/). Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Rice University work in various topic areas including cross-modal integration and visual attention using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, the development of cognitive and attentional control, relations between selective attention and perceptual grouping mechanisms, language processing in brain-damaged and normal individuals, human-computer interaction, affect-related brain potentials, and relations between the biological and psycho-social aspects of olfaction. Collaboration is also possible with individuals in the Texas Medical Center who study various aspects of vision and of the development of visual attention.

Experience with eye movement monitoring in infants and adults would be helpful but not required for this appointment. Opportunities to conduct fMRI studies of visual attention in adults and children exist through a cooperative agreement between Rice University and The Baylor College of Medicine Human Neuroimaging Lab (<http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/>http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/). This is a unique, research-only facility with dual, yoked MRI’s capable of studying interactions between two individuals being scanned simultaneously. Hyperscanning of two individuals in physically different locations is also possible with this technology (<http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/hyperScan.html>http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/hyperScan.html).

Rice is located in Houston, TX - a vibrant urban environment with cultural activities that include an Opera company, a Ballet company, a Symphony, numerous art and historical museums, professional baseball, football, basketball teams, and a great variety of very good restaurants.

Please include the following in your application:   1) a letter of intent that includes your research experience, interests and goals, 2) your CV, 3) reprints of published work, and 4) three letters of reference.

These should be sent by APRIL 1, 2004 to:

Professor  James L. Dannemiller
Psychology Department-MS 25
Rice University
PO Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892

Alternatively, PDF’s with the above documents can be sent to <mailto:dannemil@rice.edu>dannemil@rice.edu.

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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Visual Attention in Human
Infants 
Rice University
(<a href="http://www.rice.edu/">http://www.rice.edu</a>) 
Department of Psychology 
Starting July 1, 2004 
&nbsp; 
&nbsp; 
Applications are now being accepted for a post-doctoral fellowship
commencing July 1, 2004. The stipend is NIH standard based on years of
experience. Applicants must either be U.S. citizens or permanent
residents. Applications from women and minorities are encouraged. Support
is for three years, but appointments can be made for shorter durations if
mutually agreeable. 
&nbsp; 
The primary lab for this appointment uses behavioral methods to study the
development of visual attention during infancy. Psychophysical studies of
visual contrast processing and visual attention in adults also comprise
the work in this lab. 
&nbsp; 
The Rice University Department of Psychology has strong emphases on
cognition
(<a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~psyc/">http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~psyc/</a>)
and neuroscience
(<a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~neurosci/">http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~neurosci/</a>).
Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Rice University work in
various topic areas including cross-modal integration and visual
attention using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, the development
of&nbsp; cognitive and attentional control, relations between selective
attention and perceptual grouping mechanisms, language processing in
brain-damaged and normal individuals, human-computer interaction,
affect-related brain potentials, and relations between the biological and
psycho-social aspects of olfaction. Collaboration is also possible with
individuals in the Texas Medical Center who study various aspects of
vision and of the development of visual attention. 
&nbsp; 
Experience with eye movement monitoring in infants and adults would be
helpful but not required for this appointment. Opportunities to conduct
fMRI studies of visual attention in adults and children exist through a
cooperative agreement between Rice University and The Baylor College of
Medicine Human Neuroimaging Lab
(<a href="http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/">http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/</a>).
This is a unique, research-only facility with dual, yoked MRI’s capable
of studying interactions between two individuals being scanned
simultaneously. Hyperscanning of two individuals in physically different
locations is also possible with this technology
(<a href="http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/hyperScan.html">http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/hyperScan.html</a>). 
&nbsp; 
Rice is located in Houston, TX - a vibrant urban environment with
cultural activities that include an Opera company, a Ballet company, a
Symphony, numerous art and historical museums, professional baseball,
football, basketball teams, and a great variety of very good
restaurants. 
&nbsp; 
Please include the following in your application:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1) a letter
of intent that includes your research experience, interests and goals, 2)
your CV, 3) reprints of published work, and 4) three letters of
reference. 
&nbsp; 
These should be sent by APRIL 1, 2004 to: 
&nbsp; 
Professor&nbsp; James L. Dannemiller 
Psychology Department-MS 25 
Rice University 
PO Box 1892 
Houston, Texas 77251-1892 
&nbsp; 
Alternatively, PDF’s with the above documents can be sent to
<a href="mailto:dannemil@rice.edu">dannemil@rice.edu</a>. 
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