Post-doc fellowship in Yves Trotter team.
Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, Toulouse, France
Starting date: January 2013 or shortly later
One postdoctoral position is available in the team of Yves Trotter
including Simona Celebrini, Benoit Cottereau, Jean Baptiste Durand,
Denis Fize and Alexandra Séverac-Cauquil. The position is related to the
study of visual processing optimization by postural and navigation cues
in the peripersonal space (ANR grant). This project will test the
hypothesis that objects located in behaviourally relevant portions of
space, either 2D or 3D, receive a privileged visual processing as a
result of the combination of different sensory channels in both static
(posture) and dynamic spatial contexts (navigation).
To approach this topic of posture and navigation in the near and
front space, powerful and complementary methodologies are available:
psychophysics, visual evoked potential in humans, fMRI in both human and
non human primates and extracellular recordings in non human primates.
The candidate should master at least two of these approaches with the
possibility of getting familiar with the others.
The applicant should hold a background in neuroscience and skills
with matlab. Also other programming and statistics efficiencies will be
appreciated.
The position is for 1 year-renewable with standard French salaries.
Applications should be sent to yves.trotter [ à ] cerco.ups-tlse.fr
including a CV and the name and contact of two references.