Dear Users
This week (4.30-5.30 pm) there will be a YNiC project proposal
presentation by Lilia Psalta. The title of Lilia's talk is "Neural
correlates of the Thatcher Illusion".
Summary:
The Thatcher illusion is a phenomenon where it becomes difficult to detect
local feature changes in an upside down face, despite identical changes
being
obvious in an upright face. The illusion was named after the former
British Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher on whose photograph the effect has been most
famously demonstrated (Thompson, 1980). The aim of this proposal is to use
the Thatcher Illusion to explore how information about the identity,
expression
and attractiveness of faces is represented in the brain.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
This afternoon (4.30-5.30 pm) is the second round of the Cognitive
Neuroscience MSc students' project proposal presentations. Please find
details on talk titles, project supervisors and speakers below.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
Neural correlates of memory consolidation during sleep (Gaskell)
ABIGAIL STACKHOUSE
REBECCA FROST
REZA SNOWDON
JAMES GUEST
Long-term forgetting in temporal lobe epilepsy (Badeley, Crawford)
BRUCE RAWLINGS
AMIE HAYES
The effects of visual contrast manipulation on positive and negative
BOLD activity in subcortical visual areas (Morland, Gouws and Silson)
DAVID WATSON
IVAN ALVAREZ
YUN YU
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
This week (4.30-5.30 pm) it is the second round of the Cognitive Neuroscience MSc students' project proposal presentations. Please find details on talk
titles, project supervisors and speakers below.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
Neural correlates of memory consolidation during sleep (Gaskell)
ABIGAIL STACKHOUSE
REBECCA FROST
REZA SNOWDON
JAMES GUEST
Long-term forgetting in temporal lobe epilepsy (Badeley, Crawford)
BRUCE RAWLINGS
AMIE HAYES
The effects of visual contrast manipulation on positive and negative BOLD activity in subcortical visual areas (Morland, Gouws and Silson)
DAVID WATSON
IVAN ALVAREZ
YUN YU
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
Today (4.30-5.30 pm) the Cognitive Neuroscience MSc students will be
giving project proposal presentations. Please find details on talk
titles, project supervisors and speakers below.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
1) "Phonological, Semantic and Executive Processing in LIFG" (Jefferies,
Whitney, Krieger-Redwood)
CATARINA TEIGE
JAMES DAVEY
JONATHAN MOSS
GERORGE FLORIDES
2) "Language production and comprehension: how does it change with brain
maturation?" (Gennari, Levita)
FUNMILAYO OLADAPO
GABY PFEIFER
JACQUELINE BINGE
IVETA EIMONTAITE
3) "Who is talking to who, and when? Estimating dynamic functional
connectivity patterns in visual word recognition with MEG" (Cornelissen,
Johnson, Simpson)
VICTORIA BRATTAN
DASHIEL MUNDING
ANDREW QUINN
LUCIA HRMLOVA
4) "Amygdala response to basic emotions" (Azghar, Young)
TESSA FLACK
JULIA FREY
MLADEN SORMAZ
SIYAN FAN
DENIZ USTEN
LUIS MANSSUER
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear Users
This week (4.30-5.30 pm) the Cognitive Neuroscience MSc students will be
giving project proposal presentations. Please find details on talk
titles, project supervisors and speakers below.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Best wishes
Rebecca
1) "Phonological, Semantic and Executive Processing in LIFG"
(Jefferies,Whitney, Krieger-Redwood)
CATARINA TEIGE
JAMES DAVEY
JONATHAN MOSS
GERORGE FLORIDES
2) "Language production and comprehension: how does it change with brain
maturation?" (Gennari, Levita)
FUNMILAYO OLADAPO
GABY PFEIFER
JACQUELINE BINGE
IVETA EIMONTAITE
3) "Who is talking to who, and when? Estimating dynamic functional
connectivity patterns in visual word recognition with MEG" (Cornelissen,
Johnson, Simpson)
VICTORIA BRATTAN
DASHIEL MUNDING
ANDREW QUINN
LUCIA HRMLOVA
4) "Amygdala response to basic emotions" (Azghar, Young)
TESSA FLACK
JULIA FREY
MLADEN SORMAZ
SIYAN FAN
DENIZ USTEN
LUIS MANSSUER
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
FYI
-------- Original Message --------
UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology (INP)
Faculty Position in Formal Models of Cortical Networks
- may be appointed at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader or Professor level
Ref: M00075
Salary: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - £31,798 - £52,556 per annum
Reader/Professor – negotiable – depends on experience
Applications are invited for a faculty position (up to chair level) in
Formal Models of Cortical Networks from individuals with an outstanding
research record. The post is designed to complement existing research
strengths in the Institute for Neuroscience and Psychology and to develop
a programme for studying and describing networks across the different
Centres of the Institute.
The Post-holder will provide research leadership in the area of cortical
networks and networks in general (connectivity, information theory, graph
theory). The Post-holder will be expected to raise external funds to
support their research programme, to attract postdoctoral research staff
and PhD students, and to contribute to research-led teaching, especially
via the development of specialised content for masters and postgraduate
degrees.
Candidates for this post will have an exceptional international research
profile, including a track record of high impact publications and
substantial research funding, in the areas of network/connectivity
analysis, information theory or graph theory.
Informal enquiries may be made to Philippe Schyns (Director of Institute,
+44 141 330 4937, philippe(a)psy.gla.ac.uk) or Joachim Gross (Acting
Director of Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi), +44 141 330 3947,
joachim(a)psy.gla.ac.uk).
Apply online at www.glasgow.ac.uk/jobs
Closing date: 12 April 2011.
Dear Users
There will be 2 talks this afternoon (4.30-5-.30 pm in YNiC):
1) Nora Vyas, King's College London
****"Brain Anatomical Changes in Childhood-Onset Psychosis: Insights
from fMRI and MEG"
Abnormal neuronal connectivity in the “default mode” network has been
implicated in schizophrenia. Although the precise role of the default
mode network appears elusive, the component brain regions and associated
cognitive processes in the default mode appear relevant in
schizophrenia. This talk will provide an overview on neuroimaging
studies identifying progressive brain changes in childhood onset
schizophrenia (COS; onset before age 13), a rare and severe form of the
adult-onset counterpart, and their biological full siblings. To study
the “default network” across traditional frequency bands seen in
electrophysiological literature, an ongoing project at the Child
Psychiatry Branch, NIMH, has focused on investigating spontaneous
magnetoencephalographic (MEG) patterns during eyes-closed resting-state
in COS and their full healthy siblings. The findings will be discussed
followed by conclusions and future directions.
Dr Nora S Vyas’s webpage:
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=11900
2) Tom Hartley, Department of Psychology
"Efficient Localisation of the Human Grid System"
In 2005, a remarkable new class of cells was discovered in the medial
entorhinal cortex of the rat, forming an important input to the hippocampus.
As an animal moves about its environment, grid cells fire at an array of
locations spanning the environment to form an equilateral triangular grid
(see http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Grid_cells for more information).
The crystal-like repeating symmetry of the grid cells' multipeaked firing
patterns is unique and the grids form a completely novel and hitherto
unanticipated type of neural representation. Doeller and colleagues (Nature,
Feb 2010) showed that signatures of this grid system could be detected in
fMRI data from humans exploring a virtual environment. However this was only
possible using a complex retrospective analysis, so it was not possible to
manipulate properties of the environment or task to examine the grid
system's properties systematically. This project proposes a new method for
localising the grid system efficiently, using an experimental design which
fully exploits its remarkable and unique regularity. If this method proves
viable, it will enable us to quickly localise the grid system in each
individual so that its detailed properties and role in behaviour can be
fully and thoroughly investigated
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
FYI
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* *
*_Job description:_*
National University of Singapore (NUS) is a leading global university
centred in Asia. It offers a global approach to education and research,
with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. Computation functional
anatomy laboratory at NUS (http://www.bioeng.nus.edu.sg/cfa) focuses on
brain and cognition studies using neuroimaging techniques. Our group is
leading a large-scale healthy infant neuroimaging project in Singapore.
The project examines neurocognition using EEG and eye trackers and brain
development using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), resting-state fMRI,
and structural MRI. We are looking for a research fellow who is
interested in multi-modal MRI studies in infants for understanding
normal development of brain and cognition trajectory. We offer high
salary with medical and other benefits.
*_Requirements:_*
· Ph. D
· Research background on infant brain or child cognition is
preferable but necessary
· Knowledge in statistical analysis is necessary
· Good communication and writing skills in English language
If you are interested in the jobs listed below, please send your CV to
Dr. Anqi QIU
Division of Bioengineering
National University of Singapore
Email: bieqa(a)nus.edu.sg <mailto:bieqa@nus.edu.sg>
Phone: +(65) 6516 7002
FYI
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A full-time Postdoctoral Fellow position is available for a highly
motivated individual with a strong interest in human social cognition
and a solid background in computational neuroscience. The project
focuses on the creation of an integrated social cognition laboratory
that includes Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) imaging, physiological
measurements, behavioral coding and eye tracking. The postdoctoral
fellow will be involved in the development of hyperscanning protocols
(scanning 2 or more individuals simultaneously), brain-computer
interfaces and computational methods to process and analyze data across
multiple scientific levels.
The successful applicant will have technical qualifications that include
proficient Matlab programming and signal processing experience.
Applicants should have (or anticipate having) a Ph.D. and research
background in computational neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience and/or
functional brain imaging. Applicants with experience conducting Near
Infrared Spectroscopy studies and data analysis procedures will receive
preference. Having significant experience in fMRI is also a plus. Duties
will also include manuscript preparation and grant preparation.
*Contact Information:
*
Reiko R. Riley
Assistant to Dr. Allan Reiss/Administrative Associate
Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research
Stanford University School of Medicine
401 Quarry, MC 5795
Stanford, CA 94305
Office (650) 498-4538 Fax (650) 724-4761
Email: reikor(a)stanford.edu
Website: http://cibsr.stanford.edu/
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