[vslist] fMRI GRADUATE student 3D vision UTRECHT

[Raymond van Ee]

We have a job opening for a graduate student (4 yr) on Studying Stereoscopic Conscious Perception and Awareness using fMRI
An important source of information for the recovery of the 3D lay-out of our environment is the spatial difference (disparity) between the retinal images of our two eyes. In our lab we examine how we use disparity
1. to consciously perceive the 3D aspects of our environment;
2. to select 3D percepts from the bombardment of sensory info.
Current research focuses on combining psychophysical and fMRI techniques to elucidate the mechanisms that lead to awareness and conscious depth perception.
The imaging experiments will be carried out at the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging.
Our laboratory is equipped with a large field projection system, eye-tracking devices and state-of-the-art computers. On a daily basis you will be working in a group consisting of two full Profs (Erkelens & Koenderink); 3 tenure track Profs; 2 post-docs and 10 graduate students. There are several international collaborations going on. Our group is part of the Helmholtz Institute which combines internationally acknowledged research groups, concepts and methods in neurophysiology, biophysics, psychophysics and psychology. We offer an excellent training in all areas of vision science, including perception and action, material perception, stereo-motion interaction, and conscious vision. Utrecht is a beautiful and historic city. It is very close to Amsterdam.
Salary is competitive (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.

Applicants should have a MS-degree in the field of Vision Science (including Psychology), Physics, Biology or Neuroscience. Programming the visual stimuli is a major part of the work so it is important that the applicant has experience in (and finds pleasure in) programming computer code (we use OpenGl, Matlab, Mathematica, C). And it is important that the applicant understands that real insight in how the brain works is not possible without a model of underlying mechanisms. In addition, creativity and playing with visual stimuli is important. Although we have an inspiring team and although we share and discuss our findings, the applicant should be able to work independently in programming, creating ideas, in running subjects, and in modeling the data. 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.
Address:
Applicants are invited to send (preferably by email) their CV, publication list, list of notes for University courses, and names of 2 references to:
r.vanee@phys.uu.nl
or Dr. R. van Ee, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, PrincetonPlein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
More info:
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vanee
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwfm
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwpm
http://www.kun.nl/fcdonders