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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">Applications are invited for two full-time pre-doctoral positions in the Vision and Control of Action Group <http://www.ub.edu/viscagroup/>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">at the University of Barcelona to undertake the PhD thesis under the supervision of Dr. Cristina de la Malla and Prof. Joan López-Moliner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"># The positions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">We seek excellent and highly motivated candidates with a background in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">psychophysics, experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, or similar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">Prior research experience will be a plus especially in areas related to the projects (see below). We will also value programming experience (R and Python most preferred).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">These fellowships are linked to two MICIN/AEI projects led respectively by Joan López-Moliner and Cristina de la Malla under the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">the FPI program. The positions will be funded for four years. Starting date: May/June 2022 (approx.).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"># The projects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">"Updating 3D world states from the optic flow" (PID2020-114713GB-I00 /AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033), led by Prof. Joan López-Moliner:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">In this project we will use immersive environments combined with recent psychophysical approaches to devise new optic flow fields with structure consistent with natural images statistics to study (a) which are the minimal
conditions of exposure/visual information that afford sensorimotor performance and (b) the perceptual capabilities to extract accurate metrics from optic flow fields with different statistical structure and under different conditions of eye movements behavior.
The project involves combining psychophysics, eye movements and Bayesian tools to model human perceptual behavior and how beliefs about states in immersive environments are built. The results are potentially relevant for the design of virtual environments
that aim at knowing the minimal visual information for maximizing the immersion experience and performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">"Disrupting the prediction of visual motion" (PID2020-116400GA-I00 /AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033) led by Dr. Cristina de la Malla:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">The main question this project addresses is what happens when velocity information, as the predictive component of the motion system, is disrupted. To study this, different paradigms (occlusions, luminance manipulations,
and variability in objects velocity) that will impair perceiving the velocity at which an object moves will be used. Furthermore, this project is set from a perspective where observers are active components of the scene. That means that observers actively
seek information in the environment that can help them succeed in their decisions and actions. As it has been shown by different studies, many of the movements we make (eye, and even head and torso movements) are directed at gathering information of objects
or parts of the scene we have to interact with. For this reason, a second main objective of this project is to see whether disrupting velocity information leads to changes in the way we move to try to compensate for the loss of such information. This would
allow us to know whether one prefers to update velocity estimates about how targets move rather than relying on predictions. We will take a multidisciplinary approach including psychophysics and decision-making paradigms as well as different techniques such
as eye, head and hand movements recordings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"># Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">Please, send an expression of interest (or any other enquiries about the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">positions) to j.lopezmoliner@ub.edu or c.delamalla@ub.edu depending on your interest.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">Include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">*A brief C.V., a cover letter describing your research interests, and the contact of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">two academic references. If any, please also include a sample of your previous scientific experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">(e.g. master’s thesis, and/or other scientific outputs).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">*We will consider applications until one week before the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">official 2021 FPI call closes (2021 call to open soon). The actual<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">application will be made through the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, (FPI) scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Joan López-Moliner, Ph.D.</span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Professor (catedrŕtic) of Visual Perception and Psychophysics</span></i><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Head of the Vision & Control of Action (VISCA) group</span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Institute of Neurosciences</span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Cognition (Cognitive Processes)</span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Universitat de Barcelona</span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/1"><span style="color:#000064">Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron, 171 08035 Barcelona</span></a></span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">e-mail: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:J.LopezMoliner@ub.edu"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#480048"><span lang="EN-GB">J.LopezMoliner@ub.edu</span></span></a></span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.ub.edu/viscagroup/joan"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#480048"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.ub.edu/viscagroup/</span></span></a></span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.ub.edu/viscagroup/joan"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#480048"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.ub.edu/viscagroup/joan/</span></span></a></span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">skype: jlmoliner</span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">phone: <a href="tel:+34%2093%203125143"><span style="color:#000064">+34 93 3125143</span></a></span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">fax: <a href="tel://+34%2093%20402%2013"><span style="color:#00004D">+34 93 402 13</span></a> 63</span><span style="color:#3D3D49;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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