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position available<br>
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are invited
for a three-year p<span
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position </span>in the DFG-funded project </span><span
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">“<span
style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Gaze track
representation in higher visual cortex". The project aims to
investigate neural
gaze track representation with combined eye-tracking and fMRI.
</span></span><span
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previous work, we could e.g. decode
gaze tracks</span><span
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that occur </span><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Sans
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italic" lang="EN-US">during face viewing in the fusiform face
area (Wang et al., NatComm
2019, </span><span
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN" lang="EN-US"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13541-3">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13541-3</a></span><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida Sans
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italic" lang="EN-US">). Now, we want to further investigate the
nature and function</span><span
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of these action-related
representations in primarily perception-related brain areas. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">R</span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans
Unicode",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:AR-SA" lang="EN-US">esearch institutions in
Magdeburg, (Otto-von-Guericke-University,
Leibniz-Institute for Neurobiology, and German Center for
Neuro-degenerative
Diseases) offer a multitude of research-dedicated MRI-scanners
(Siemens
Magnetom 7 Tesla, Siemens Trio, Siemens Verio, Siemens Skyra und
Philips
Achieva). The Institute of Psychology operates its own compute
cluster for data
analysis – with a current capacity of 200 CPU-cores. </span><span
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Unicode",sans-serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">The lab has three Eyelink
1000-plus eye trackers (one
with fMRI setup) plus two HTC VIVE VR goggles with eye-tracking
capability.</span><span
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN" lang="EN-US">Magdeburg
is a lively
university town with a beautiful historical centre around the
river Elbe and
with convenient transport links to Leipzig and Berlin. </span><span
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Unicode",sans-serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="EN-US">The
project is a
collaboration with Prof. Lihui Wang, PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University offering
the opportunity of research stays in Shanghai. <br>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="EN-US">More
information is available here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ovgu.b-ite.careers/jobposting/dea10bcb5131d909e64125537db2149b0d36b6e80?ref=homepage">https://ovgu.b-ite.careers/jobposting/dea10bcb5131d909e64125537db2149b0d36b6e80?ref=homepage</a></span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stefan Pollmann<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Prof. Dr. Stefan Pollmann
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Institut für Psychologie
PF 4120
D-39016 Magdeburg
Tel: +49 (0)391 / 67 58474
Fax: +49 (0)391 / 67 11401
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ipsy.ovgu.de/allgpsych.html">http://www.ipsy.ovgu.de/allgpsych.html</a></pre>
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