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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Fully-funded PhD position in Neurocognitive mechanisms of person perception<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bangor University, School of Psychology
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Closing date: March 1st 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Funding for: UK/EU students
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Funding amount: Tax-free stipend of approximately £14,800 per annum plus tuition fees and a research allowance
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Applications are invited for a three-year fully funded PhD studentship in the School of Psychology, Bangor University.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Supervisor</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: Prof Paul Downing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Project rationale and description: Prof Downing’s research is in the area of social perception: What are the the neurocognitive mechanisms that transform perceptual data into reliable, socially-relevant signals
about the people around us? Some recent and current studies in the lab examine: how the multimodal representations of action are integrated in the brain; how states and traits such as sex, age, gender, weight, and emotion are extracted from the shape and movements
of the body; how the presence of other people shapes our attention to the surrounding scene; how frontal and temporal regions coordinate in perception of human faces; and how body-selective regions of the temporal lobes capture our knowledge of possible human
postures. The work involves a combination of psychophysical, TMS, and fMRI approaches. Please see our website for more information about the lab and our work:
<a href="http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~pss811/">http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~pss811/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Recent relevant papers include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Peelen, M. V., & Downing, P. E. (2017). Category selectivity in human visual cortex: Beyond visual object recognition. Neuropsychologia, 105, 177-183.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Harry, B. B., Umla-Runge, K., Lawrence, A. D., Graham, K. S., & Downing, P. E. (2016). Evidence for integrated visual face and body representations in the anterior temporal lobes. Journal of cognitive neuroscience,
28(8), 1178-1193.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lingnau, A., & Downing, P. E. (2015). The lateral occipitotemporal cortex in action. Trends in cognitive sciences, 19(5), 268-277.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Facilities</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: The student will be a member of the School’s thriving Social Neuroscience research group, which meets regularly to present and discuss planned and ongoing
projects as well as important developments in the field. More widely, the School benefits from an excellent research environment, with a large community of PhD students and research-active faculty, regular lab meetings, seminars, and visiting speakers, and
extensive facilities for behavioural and neuroscientific studies, including a research-dedicated 3T MRI centre and associated TMS suite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Requirements</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: Prof Downing seeks excellent candidates with related interests. Essential criteria include excellent communication skills, a strong grasp of experimental
psychology and/or social-cognitive neuroscience, and a good MSc degree in Psychology or a related discipline. Programming skills (e.g. in Matlab) are desirable, especially if your interests are in fMRI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Residency requirements</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: This studentship is open to UK/EU students only.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Further information</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: Informal enquiries should be directed to
<a href="mailto:p.downing@bangor.ac.uk">p.downing@bangor.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please include your CV and brief summary of your research interests.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">General enquiries: For general advice about how to apply and eligibility please contact
<a href="mailto:psychology@bangor.ac.uk">psychology@bangor.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Apply Now: The online application form is available here
<a href="https://apps.bangor.ac.uk/applicant/">https://apps.bangor.ac.uk/applicant/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bangor Doctoral School website:
<a href="https://www.bangor.ac.uk/doctoral-school/">https://www.bangor.ac.uk/doctoral-school/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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