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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black">The Perception Action Cognition (PAC) Lab is looking for new graduate students for a starting date of August 2021.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black">Current research topics include<o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">virtual reality,</span><o:p style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">affordances,</span><o:p style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">postural
stability,</span><o:p style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">fractality
of motor behavior.</span><o:p style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black">What I am looking for in a graduate student is a dedicated, highly motivated person with excellent quantitative and behavioral statistics skills.
Minimally, I require from the candidate to express the willingness to learn some of the essential computing tools such as MATLAB, R, and others. Our lab works with Oculus Rift VR systems and Pupil Labs eye trackers. We also have a 5-camera VICON motion capture
system, a 3D printer and 3D scanner.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black">The successful applicant will receive a full paid assistantship (with a tuition waiver and monthly stipend) that is renewable every year for 4 years.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black">The deadline for applications is March 1, 2021. As part of the application package we require the submission of official university transcripts,
TOEFL (for international applicants), statement of research interests, and 3 recommendation letters. GRE is not required, due to the COVID-19 crisis.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black">Submit an application to the Brain and Behavior PhD program here:<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:black"><a href="https://www.usm.edu/graduate-admissions/index.php">https://www.usm.edu/graduate-admissions/index.php#apply</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black">For a comprehensive list of research publications, please check out my google scholar profile:<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:black"><a href="http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=c9bakr4AAAAJ&hl=en">http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=c9bakr4AAAAJ&hl=en</a><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black">For recent publications, check out these links:<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:black"><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1747021820943757?journalCode=qjpd">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1747021820943757?journalCode=qjpd</a><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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