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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">A generously funded PhD position is available to study visual and haptic perception of materials and shape.</span></div>
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<div class=""><b class="">What: </b>The position is a 36 month, fully funded (£32 - £35k per year) PhD, on the perception of object properties (e.g. glossiness, stiffness, friction, weight) from vision and touch. The research will combine psychophysical studies
with computational modelling. </div>
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<div class="">The post is part of the EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action – Innovative Training Network: “DyViTo” (<a href="https://dyvito.wordpress.com/" class="">https://dyvito.wordpress.com</a>). The network provides outstanding inter-disciplinary training
opportunities through hands-on research projects, international lab exchanges, industrial secondments and specialist workshops and conferences. </div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Where: </b>The successful applicant will join Professor Wendy Adams’ lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southampton (<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/wendya.page" class="">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/wendya.page</a>). Facilities
include a virtual reality environment, visual-haptic presentation (Phantom force-feedback, oculus touch), stereoscopic presentation, eye tracking, computational modeling (super-computing), brain imaging (fMRI) and EEG. </div>
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<div class=""><b class="">How: </b>I welcome informal enquiries at <b class=""><a href="mailto:w.adams@soton.ac.uk" class="">w.adams@soton.ac.uk</a></b>. I’ll also be at the VSS conference in May. </div>
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<li class="">Apply at <a href="http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk/" class="">www.jobs.soton.ac.uk</a>, using job reference 973418JW-R. </li></ul>
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<div class=""><b class="">Who</b>: Please note the eligibility restrictions - </div>
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<li class="">You should have an UG degree in Psychology or a related field, and a Masters degree in a related field.</li><li class="">You must <b class="">not have lived in the UK for more than 12 months</b> in the last 3 years (sorry - the scheme is designed to increase mobility within Europe).</li><li class="">Ideally, you will have the right to work in the UK. For example, you are from an EU country. (Sorry again - Tier 2 visas are, frustratingly, not currently available for this job classification.)</li><li class="">You should not have >4 years of research experience since your masters degree. </li></ul>
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<div class=""><b class="">When: </b>The deadline for applications is <b class="">21st May</b> 2018.</div>
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