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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Dear all,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">We are pleased to invite applications for a </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><b>PhD studentship
fully-funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council –
BBSRC</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">: “</span><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal">Visual Adaptation: a key to understanding the sensory
mechanisms of reading ability”.</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"> This exciting
opportunity is based at the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><b>School
of Psychology and Vision Sciences, University of Leicester, UK</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">, and offers the chance to conduct innovative research in
visual perception and its impact on literacy, under the supervision of Dr
Aurelio Bruno and Dr Ascensión Pagan.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">This project aims to use a </span></span><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><b>combination of
psychophysical, electrophysiological (EEG) and eye-tracking paradigms, as well
as computational modelling</b></span></span><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">, to
probe whether and how visual adaptation can modulate reading performance.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">We seek a motivated individual
with:<span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">A strong academic background in psychology,
neuroscience, vision science, or a related field.<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Experience or interest in experimental research
and data analysis.<span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Experience in programming (e.g., Psychopy,
Python, R, or Matlab) is desirable but not essential.</span></li></ul></div><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"></span><div><br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Applicants should <b>express
interest</b> to Aurelio Bruno at </span><a href="mailto:aurelio.bruno@leicester.ac.uk" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">aurelio.bruno@leicester.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"> prior to making a formal
application. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Deadline for applications<b>: 16<sup>th</sup>
January 2025</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Students
will be provided with a <b>4 year studentship</b>. This includes: Tuition fees
at the UK fee rate*, a tax free stipend which for 2024/5 is <b>£19,237 per year</b>
(2025/6 stipend to be confirmed), a travel allowance in year 1, a
travel/conference budget, a generous consumables budget, use of a laptop for
the duration of the programme. The University of Leicester will provide full
overseas fee waivers for the duration of their study to all international
students accepted at Leicester. The funder, UKRI, allows us to appoint up to
30% overseas students.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">For full details and eligibility
criteria see: </span><a href="https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/visual-adaptation-a-key-to-understanding-the-sensory-mechanisms-of-reading-ability/?p177856" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/visual-adaptation-a-key-to-understanding-the-sensory-mechanisms-of-reading-ability/?p177856</span></a><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">All the best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Aurelio<span></span></span></p>
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