Leverhulme Trust PhD studentship (3 years duration): The timescales of multisensory recalibration in natural environments

Visual Neuroscience Group, School of Psychology, The University of Nottingham, UK  

Applications are invited for a Leverhulme Trust funded PhD Studentship to work on a project investigating the timescales of multisensory recalibration in natural environments in humans. The successful candidate will seek to establish how the brain adjusts our senses to spatial and temporal discrepancies between different sensory inputs from natural environments. And they will have the opportunity to become proficient in the use of a range of techniques, including real-time manipulation of the multisensory environment with an head-mounted, ‘altered reality’ display system, psychophysical testing and computational modelling.

The School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham has a thriving Visual Neuroscience Group, with eight Faculty members and a large cohort of postdoctoral fellows and PhD students. The group has a diverse range of interests in human perception, learning, and decision making, is supported by excellent laboratory and research facilities, and is firmly committed to the development of young researchers.

The PhD student will be registered at The University of Nottingham and work under the supervision of Dr Ben Webb and Dr Neil Roach. The research undertaken as part of the PhD will be conducted in collaboration with Professor Stephen Engel, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, USA.

Candidates should have a good first degree (or equivalent) in psychology, engineering, computer science, optometry, medicine and/or neuroscience. Previous experience with psychophysical methods, computer programming (e.g. Matlab) and computational modelling is desirable.

The PhD will be fully funded, including stipend (£14,296 per annum), fees (£4121 per annum), and a Research Training and Support Grant (£500 per annum). The PhD will start on 3rd October 2016.

Applications should be emailed to Ben Webb b.webb@nottingham.ac.uk and include: a two-page CV, the names and addresses of two referees, and a covering letter outlining why they are applying for the studentship. The deadline for applications is the 20^th May 2016.

Please quote ref: SCI/1623.