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<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Call for PhD student applicants, Penn State University, Laboratory
of Brad Wyble<span></span></span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">The lab of Brad Wyble at PSU is looking to recruit graduate
students in the fall semester of 2016 for a starting date of August, 2017. The
topics of research will be decided in conjunction with the student, but are
likely to involve the neural mechanisms underlying visual attention and memory
function, broadly construed. <span></span></span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Lab Research Synopsis<span></span></span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Our lab attempts to understand the nature of mental
representations that are constructed from recent visual experience by building
computational models of the neural mechanisms underlying attention and memory. These
models are constrained by data from our lab, including psychophysics,
electrophysiology, and eye-tracking. We have dedicated facilities for EEG and
eyetracking within the building, a 100-core supercomputer in the lab, and
larger on-campus computing resources. Our lab also manages four testing booths for
rapid psychophysical testing.  <span></span></span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Details about ongoing projects can be found at <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://wyblelab.com/research">http://wyblelab.com/research</a></span></span>,
however we strongly emphasize student independence in project development and
authorship. Students are encouraged to play a key role in the construction and
evaluation of computationally formalized models of neural mechanisms. Our lab
advocates as well the principles of open science, with data and method sharing
using the Open Science Framework among other tools. <span></span></span></p>

<p style="line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial">A background in<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">programming</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>(<span class="gmail-il">MATLAB</span>, Python,
etc) and/or statistics is preferred but more important is a curiosity about
the neural circuitry that enables attention and memory systems to build an
understanding of the external world. </span></p>

<p style="line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial">Interested applicants should
apply to the Psychology department at<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://psych.la.psu.edu/graduate/prospective-students/how-to-apply-to-graduate-school-in-psychology">http://psych.la.psu.edu/graduate/prospective-students/how-to-apply-to-graduate-school-in-psychology</a></span></span> 
and should note that the deadline for applications is December 1st. Informal
inquires can be directed to Brad Wyble at <a href="mailto:bwyble@gmail.com">bwyble@gmail.com</a>. <span></span></span></p><p style="line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Brad Wyble</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Associate Professor</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Psychology Department</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Penn State University</span><br></font></span></p><div><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></span></div>


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