[visionlist] Fwd: PhD position in human (deep) learning

[Dominik Endres]

PhD position available in project 2 of the Research Training Group 2271 funded 
by the DFG (German Research Foundation) at the University of Marburg, Germany

In this project, we will investigate whether individual humans are Bayesian 
(deep) learners under naturalistic conditions (virtual reality), in contrast 
to the widely studied population averages under impoverished laboratory 
conditions. Specifically, we will determine whether Bayesian learning dynamics 
models are better able to predict human learning on a trial-by-trial basis 
than traditional associative learning models. For this purpose, we will 
concentrate on “retrospective revaluation”, as we expect model differences to 
prominent here. Project #2 focuses on the theory component of the tandem 
project, project #12 concentrate on the experimental testing in human 
behavioral experiments. 
The Research Training Group (RTG) 2271 “Expectation Maintenance vs. Change in 
the Context of Expectation Violations: Connecting Different Approaches” is 
funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 
DFG). The overarching goal of this RTG is to investigate why and when 
organisms (humans, animals) change or maintain generalized expectations in the 
face of disconfirming evidence.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 22, 2017

See also:
https://www.uni-marburg.de/fb04/forschung/phdprogram/jobadverts

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Prof. Dr. Dominik Endres
AE Theoretische Neurowissenschaft
Allgemeine und Biologische Psychologie
FB Psychologie, Gutenbergstr 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany 
Tel. +49-(0)6421-28-23818