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<p>One PhD position is available in the neuro-cognitive lab at
Bielefeld University to work on a DFG (German Research Council)
funded research project on transsaccadic prediction (PI Arvid
Herwig).
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The successful candidate will work within the environment of the
Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) at
Bielefeld University (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.cit-ec.de/en">https://www.cit-ec.de/en</a>)
which offers a stimulating, multi-national and multi-disciplinary
research environment for young scientists. The neuro-cognitive lab
has access to excellent technical facilities including 3 Eyelink
setups, an EEG+Eyelink+PROPixx system and VR eye-tracking.
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The project aims to investigate how the visual system uses
predictions to deal with the different visual inputs sampled at
the periphery and fovea. Further details can be found here:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/psychologie/abteilung/arbeitseinheiten/01/People/Arvid%20Herwig/index.html">http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/psychologie/abteilung/arbeitseinheiten/01/People/Arvid%20Herwig/index.html</a>
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The candidates should have experience in at least one of the
following fields: eye tracking, psychophysics or vision sciences.
Preference will be given to candidates with strong experimental
and statistical skills and programming experience (Matlab, Python,
R, Experiment Builder). A University degree in psychology or
related discipline is a prerequisite.
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The position should start at the 1st April 2018 or soon thereafter
over a period of 2 years. Salary and benefits are according to a
public service position in Germany (TV-L E 13, 65%).
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Please send applications by February 24, 2018 per email as a
single PDF file to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:aherwig@uni-bielefeld.de">aherwig@uni-bielefeld.de</a>.
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The detailed job ad is available (only in German) here: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/Anzeigen/Wiss/wiss18011.pdf">https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/Anzeigen/Wiss/wiss18011.pdf</a>
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Best wishes,
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Arvid Herwig
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PD Dr. Arvid Herwig
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Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
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Abteilung für Psychologie
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Universität Bielefeld
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und
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CITEC - Cognitive Interaction Technology - Excellence Cluster
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Universität Bielefeld
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