[visionlist] Post-Doctoral position in fMRI decoding on Object related properties (e.g., Shape, Material)

[Cogbooster]

CogBooster and the Proaction lab is looking for a Post-Doctoral 
Researcher at the initial stages (defending very soon, and no more than 
2 years and half after obtaining their PhD). The applicants should have 
obtained a PhD, and have an overall interest in object recognition, 
potentially focusing on object-related features like shape, texture 
material and surface properties. We are particularly interested in 
researchers with strong expertise in fMRI, and in particular decoding 
and multivariate approaches.

The selected applicant will work with Jorge Almeida [1] but will also 
benefit from the lively academic environment and research groups we are 
currently building in the Psychology Department of the University of 
Coimbra, Portugal (Jason Fischer [2], Joana Carvalho [3], Alfonso 
Caramazza [4], etc). The projects will relate to work on object and 
mid-level processing. Below are some examples:

Mahon, B. Z., & Almeida, J. (2024). Reciprocal interactions among 
parietal and occipito-temporal representations support everyday 
object-directed actions. _Neuropsychologia_, _198_, 108841. 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108841

Almeida, J., Fracasso, A., Kristensen, S., Valério, D., Bergström, F., 
Chakravarthi, R., Tal, Z., & Walbrin, J. (2023). Neural and behavioral 
signatures of the multidimensionality of manipulable object processing. 
_Communications biology_, _6_(1), 940. 
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05323-x

Walbrin, J., & Almeida, J. (2021). High-Level Representations in Human 
Occipito-Temporal Cortex Are Indexed by Distal Connectivity. _The 
Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for 
Neuroscience_, _41_(21), 4678-4685. 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2857-20.2021

The position is for 2 to 3 years, and the salary is the standard 
Post-Doctoral pay-scale in Portugal (net value 1850 euros per month; 
this is a competitive salary for the cost of living in Portugal and 
especially in Coimbra). Start time should be as soon as possible.

The Proaction Lab is currently well-funded as we have a set of on-going 
funded projects including a Starting Grant ERC to Jorge Almeida, a major 
European ERA Chair project to Jorge Almeida and Alfonso Caramazza, and 
other projects. We have access to a 3T MRI scanner with a 32-channel 
coil, to a 7T scanner (in collaboration with a site outside of 
Portugal), to tDCS, and to a fully set psychophysics lab. We have a 256 
ch EEG, motion tracking and eyetracking on site. We also have a science 
communication office dedicated to the lab.

Finally, the University of Coimbra is a 700-year-old University and has 
been selected as a UNESCO world Heritage site. Coimbra is one of the 
liveliest university cities in the world, and it is a beautiful city 
with easy access to the beach and mountain.

You should apply as soon as you can. If interested send an email to 
jorgecbalmeida at gmail.com, with a CV, and motivation/scientific proposal 
letter.

Links:
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[1] 
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ejJVE0wAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
[2] 
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=aPwpIY0AAAAJ
[3] 
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=E5cBHVQAAAAJ
[4] 
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=hvvrK8cAAAAJ
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