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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Our</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://sites.uclouvain.be/goffauxlab/index.html"><span style="color:#0070C0">lab</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US"> (UC Louvain, Belgium) has PhD and postdoc
position openings on two separate projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">Project 1. How are visual category representations built from lower level processing? (1 PhD and 1 Postdoc)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">In the context of a larger collaboration with KU Leuven (BE; PIs: Bart Boets, Hans Op de Beeck and Johan Wagemans), UC Louvain (BE; PIs: Olivier Collignon, Valérie Goffaux and Bruno Rossion),
Stanford University (USA; PI: Antony Norcia) and the Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging (NL; PI: Serge Dumoulin), one PhD and one postdoc position are opened to investigate
</span><span lang="EN-GB">how the human visual system processes complex and natural images.
</span><span lang="EN-US">A</span><span lang="EN-US"> growing corpus of evidence indicates that</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
</span><span lang="EN-US">vision emerges </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">from the dynamic and recurrent interactions between low- and high-level
</span><span lang="EN-US">visual regions. By means of 3Tesla and 7Tesla neuroimaging, the overarching goal of the project is to investigate the recurrent dynamics in the human ventral visual pathway during the processing of faces, objects and natural scenes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u><span lang="EN-GB">Appointment</span></u><span lang="EN-GB">.
</span><span lang="EN-US">Valérie Goffaux (UC Louvain) will supervise the PhD and postdoc researchers in collaboration with other PI’s of the consortium.
</span><span lang="EN-GB">Both positions are fulltime and funded for an initial year. The PhD position is renewable for up to 4 years. The postdoctoral position is renewable for up to 3 years. The</span><span lang="EN-US"> starting date is flexible from February
2019 on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">Project 2. Contextual modulations at low- and high-level stages of visual processing (1 PhD)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Visual experience is influenced by spatial context. Context modulates the encoding of basic (e.g., luminance, orientation) and higher-order visual cues (e.g. the features of a face). By means
of psychophysics and neuroimaging (3Tesla), this project will investigate at the individual observer level the functional relationship between basic and higher-order contextual
</span><span lang="EN-US">modulations</span><span lang="EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u><span lang="EN-GB">Appointment.</span></u><span lang="EN-GB">
</span><span lang="EN-US">Valérie Goffaux (UC Louvain) will supervise the PhD in collaboration with Pieter Moors (KU Leuven).</span><span lang="EN-GB">The PhD position is fulltime, funded for an initial year, and renewable for up to 4 years. The</span> starting
date is flexible from February 2019 on.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Profile.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">PhD applicants should have or should soon obtain a Master's degree in neuroscience, psychology, biomedical science, computer science, or related areas.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">Postdoctoral candidates should hold a PhD degree in one of these domains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">In addition to a genuine interest in human vision and cognitive neuroscience, the ideal candidate has skills in programming (e.g., Matlab) and data analysis, and a high level of written and spoken English.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">Experience with psychophysics and/or neuroimaging research, as well as good computer skills (e.g. Matlab) and advanced statistical knowledge and skills are a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">Further assets are a creative mind, good problem solving skills and a collaborative and collegial attitude.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB">To apply, please send a brief (max. 1,000 words) personal statement
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">describing your qualifications and research interests</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB">, your CV, and the contact information of two references, to
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration:none"><a href="mailto:valerie.goffaux@uclouvain.be"><span style="text-decoration:none">valerie.goffaux@uclouvain.be</span></a></span></span> before January 15 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Valerie Goffaux<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Chercheur Qualifié/Research Associate FRS-FNRS</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Psychological Sciences Research Institute (IPSY)</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Institute of Neuroscience (IONS)</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">UC Louvain</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Place Cardinal Mercier 10 box L3.05.01</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Tel.: 0032 10473877</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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