A postdoctoral position is available to work on a BBSRC funded project with Dr. Karin Pilz (http://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/k.s.pilz/pages), School of Psychology, Aberdeen University.
The project will investigate the neural mechanisms underlying changes in high- and low-level visual motion perception in healthy ageing using both psychophysical methods and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
The candidate will be part of an enthusiastic and interdisciplinary research team at the School of Psychology within the University of Aberdeen. The Vision Research Laboratories at the School of Psychology span a wide variety of expertise in fields like visual attention, object recognition, motion perception, and neuropsychology, just to name a few. The School of Psychology has excellent facilities with several psychophysical workstations, eye-tracking facilities and electroencephalograms (EEG). In addition, the University of Aberdeen has state of the art imaging facilities at the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre (ABIC) and a strong focus on ageing research spanning a variety of different fields and disciplines.
Aberdeen itself is Scotland's third largest city. It is situated between sandy beaches and sea cliffs on the East and the beautiful Scottish countryside on the West, which offers a variety of outdoor activities such as climbing, hiking and mountain biking.
Applicants should have (or be about to gain) a PhD in psychology, neuroscience or a related field, have a proven record of experimental research, as well as basic programming experience, preferably in Matlab. Experience with fMRI would be beneficial.
The initial deadline for applications is January 20th 2013 and the appointment will be for two years. More information about the position and how to apply can be found here.
Informal enquiries are welcome (k.s.pilz@abdn.ac.uk)!
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Dr. Karin Pilz
Lecturer, School of Psychology
University of Aberdeen
William Guild Building
Aberdeen, AB24 3FX
Tel.: +44 (0)1224 27-2234
Email: k.s.pilz@abdn.ac.uk
http://abdn.ac.uk/psychology/people/details/k.s.pilz
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Dr. Karin Pilz
Lecturer, School of Psychology
University of Aberdeen
William Guild Building
Aberdeen, AB24 3FX
Tel.: +44 (0)1224 27-2234
Email: k.s.pilz@abdn.ac.uk
http://abdn.ac.uk/psychology/people/details/k.s.pilz
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