Connectionists: PhD position available in Experimental/Computational neuroscience at Penn State University

[Brad Wyble]

Dear colleagues and students,

My apologies if you receive multiple notices for this position!

Candidates are invited to apply for Ph.D candidacy in the laboratory of
Brad Wyble in the Department of Psychology at Penn State University’s main
campus in State College, PA. Applicants should ideally have  significant
computer programming skills (i.e. two or more years of experience
programming in C, MatLab, Python, or equivalent) and a background in
psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, physics or biology. Fluency in
English is also required.

The research focus of our lab is to understand the neural mechanisms
underlying visual attention and the encoding of information into memory
with a specific emphasis on understanding the interaction of the two. Our
research involves a joint effort in computational modelling and
experimental work using a variety of methods (e.g. behavioral,
electrophysiological, eye-tracking). More detail about specific projects
can be found at http://wyblelab.com/research.

In addition to these projects, there are opportunities to develop
artificial vision applications with partners in Penn State's Applied
Research lab. There are also ongoing collaborations with partners studying
Traumatic Brain Injury and the underlying causes of autism.

Penn State main campus offers a diverse array of resources for conducting
research such as the SLEIC neuroimaging center: http://www.imaging.psu.edu/.
 There is also a diverse set of research interests both within the
psychology department, and across the campus (e.g. Engineering:
http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:cne:start; Neuroscience:
http://www.huck.psu.edu/research/neurosciences, http://cbbc.psu.edu/;
Social: http://www.ssri.psu.edu/)

Interested applicants should apply to the Psychology department at
http://psych.la.psu.edu/graduate/howToApply.html and should note that the
deadline for applications is December 1st.
Best regards,
-- 
Brad Wyble
Assistant Professor
Psychology Department
Penn State University

http://wyblelab.com
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