Connectionists: Phd positions in London on Action Selection

[Denis Mareschal]

*Marie Curie PhD positions in London*

* *

*The Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development and School of Psychological
Sciences, Birkbeck University of London*,* *are offering 2 3-year fully
funded PhD studentships to be supervised by Professor Denis Mareschal and
Dr. Richard Cooper.



The projects are part of a European Commission ITN project exploring the
mechanisms development of action, and action selection infancy and
childhood. Although it is expected that there will be substantial
interactions between the projects, they can broadly be characterized as
follows:



*(1) The interplay between top-down and bottom-up constraints in the
selection of action: *This project will combine diverse empirical methods
and possibly EMG methods to investigate how perceptual processes induce
constraints in choosing an action to perform and how this interacts with
decision-making processes and judgments. The successful candidate will have
experience or a strong interest in working with children and toddlers.



*(2) Using reinforcement learning and internal models to map between
intention and action: *This project will use *computational modelling* and
behavioural methods to explore the mechanisms underlying how learning takes
place and how it interacts with internal processes related to the
perception and production of intentional action. *The successful candidate
will be expected to have advanced computational skills*.



Mobility constraints apply. *Successful applicants cannot have resided more
the 12 months in the past 36 months in the UK.* The position must be taken
up no later than October 1st, 2012.



Further details can be found at:
http://www.cbcd.bbk.ac.uk/research/mcphddevcompneuro



Informal enquiries can be sent to d.mareschal at bbk.ac.uk or
r.cooper at bbk.ac.uk. Procedural enquiries concerning application to the
Department of Psychological Sciences PhD programme should be directed to
James Vallerine (j.vallerine at bbk.ac.uk).




-- 
Professor Denis Mareschal
    Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development
    School of Psychology
    Birkbeck College
    University of London
    Malet St., London
    WC1E 7HX, UK
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    fax +44 (0)20 7631-6312
    http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psyc/staff/academic/dmareschal

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