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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find below a PhD opportunity in our lab.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eirini <o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;letter-spacing:-.75pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Title: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;letter-spacing:-.75pt">An
EEG and computational modelling investigation into cultural differences in visual perceptual learning<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Supervisory Team</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">: Professor Eirini
Mavritsaki, Dr Panagiotis Rentzelas, Professor Maxine Lintern, Professor Zoe Kourtzi (University of Cambridge), Stephanie Chua</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Visual perceptual learning (VPL) refers to the acquisition of visual skills through training which improves our ability to detect useful information in cluttered
scenes. Individualism and independence in Western cultures have been associated with differential processing and attentional styles. This research will be based on understanding cross-cultural differences on VPL using EEG and computational modelling work. The
ideal applicant should have a good first degree in Psychology/Computer Science. Previous experience in conducting neuropsychological experiments and/or computational modelling work will be highly desirable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Link:
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.bcu.ac.uk/social-sciences/research/phd_opportunities">https://www.bcu.ac.uk/social-sciences/research/phd_opportunities</a><span style="color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Contact information:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Prof. Eirini Mavritsaki</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="mailto:Eirini.mavritsaki@bcu.ac.uk"><span style="color:#2560B9;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Eirini.mavritsaki@bcu.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">0121 3316361</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prof. Eirini Mavritsaki, Ph.D., CPsychol , SFHEA<br>
Professor of Cognitive Psychology<br>
Director of Research and Enterprise for the School of Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Director of Postgraduate Research Studies for the School of Social Sciences
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Faculty of Business Law and Social Sciences <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Birmingham City University<br>
The Curzon Building<br>
4 Cardigan Street<br>
Birmingham <br>
B4 7BD<br>
<a href="mailto:eirini.mavritsaki@bcu.ac.uk"><span style="color:blue">eirini.mavritsaki@bcu.ac.uk</span></a>
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0121 331 6361<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please use the link below if you want to book a meeting with me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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