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Fwd: [rseminars] Upcoming Research Seminars - Week 4

by David Halliday

May be of interest to readers of this list -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [rseminars] Upcoming Research Seminars - Week 4 Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:31:06 +0100 From: Helen Fagan <helen.fagan(a)york.ac.uk> To: rseminars-l(a)ohm.york.ac.uk Point-process analysis of neural signals: from frequency coding to temporal coding Monday 21st October, 1pm Speaker: Dr Luca Citi (University of Essex) Location: PL002 Synopsis: The first part of the talk will show an application of neural decoding for the purpose of controlling a robotic hand prosthesis. In this case the so-called "frequency coding" paradigm was used, which assumes that the neural information is encoded in the firing rate of individual neurons. In the second part, a powerful statistical framework, point processes, will be introduced. Among other applications, point processes have successfully been used for neural decoding, giving access to the so-called "temporal coding" which assumes that the actual time of the spikes carries valuable information in addition to that carried by the rate alone. An application of this method to a functional neuro-muscolar stimulation system will be presented. *Biography:* Dr Luca Citi received a degree in Electronic Engineering in 2004 from the University of Florence, Italy. He did his master's thesis as a visiting student under Riccardo Poli's supervision at the Essex Brain-Computer Interfaces group. In 2005, he enrolled in a PhD program at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy) with a thesis about the decoding of neural signals for the control of robotic arm prostheses. He then spent three years as post-doc at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on statistical analysis of point processes (stochastic processes representing discrete events in time) applied to heartbeat series and neural spike trains. He is currently a Lecturer in Computational Intelligence at the University of Essex. -- Miss Helen Fagan Graduate Administrative Assistant ******************************************** Department of Electronics University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD Telephone: 01904 324485 Fax: 01904 323224 Email:helen.fagan@york.ac.uk <mailto:helen.fagan@york.ac.uk> EMAIL DISCLAIMERhttp://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm <http://www.york.ac.uk/50> athena_email.JPG

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Fwd: FW: POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST (REF: IRC 112493) - MRC Institute of Hearing Research. Nottingham. UK.

by Gary Green

POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST (REF: IRC 112493) - MRC Institute of Hearing Research. Nottingham. UK. Neural mechanisms of auditory perception and computation We investigate neural processing in the auditory system, and how it contributes to auditory perception. This post will likely involve performing neurophysiological and behavioural experiments, and computational modeling. This post will involve contributing to the current MRC funded research programme in the group. Potential research projects will include studying neural correlates of perceptual frequency selectivity in the central auditory system, and population coding of sound location in auditory cortex using microstimulation techniques. The exact choice of project will depend on the interests and expertise of the applicant. Other current topics of study in the group include temporal coding in the auditory brainstem, the neural representation of degraded speech, dynamic models of signal detection, and cortical adaptation. The work will also be closely related to other Institute of Hearing Research projects which study the neurophysiology and anatomy of the auditory system. The Institute of Hearing Research boasts world leading experts in auditory cognition, neuroimaging, evoked potentials, speech and hearing science, binaural psychoacoustics, auditory perceptual learning, and auditory neurophysiology. In the wider environment we have strong links with the NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, and other university departments such as Psychology and Mathematics. This wide range of expertise provides a highly dynamic and stimulating working environment where collaboration is positively encouraged. The position is for 3, or possibly 4, years. The appointment, according to qualifications and experience, will be to a starting salary in the range £26,545 to £28,364. Where appropriate, relocation will be payable. The post has an entitlement of 30 days annual leave and 10.5 public holidays, and the post holder will be eligible for membership of the MRC Pension Scheme. For further details please visit www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk/vacancies. For an informal discussion about this vacancy please contact Dr Chris Sumner (Chris(a)ihr.mrc.ac.uk ,tel: +44 (0) 115 9223431). See www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk for more publications and information about our research.

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seminar is ON

by Gary Green

Just to let everyone know Today's seminar is starting in 15 minutes at 4.15 Do come Gary -- --------------- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre & Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5NY tel +44 (0) 1904 435349 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004 http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk http://http://www.york.ac.uk/chym/ https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg PA : Claire Fox tel +44 (0) 1904 435329 fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 Claire.Fox(a)ynic.york.ac.uk

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M/EEG Research Group Meeting - TODAY

by Emma Holmes

Dear all, Just a reminder about the M/EEG group meeting today. See you there! Emma ____________________________________________ Emma Holmes PhD Student Room B001b, Department of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK. Email: eh776(a)york.ac.uk; Tel: 01904 322879 On 10 October 2013 12:51, Emma Holmes <eh776(a)york.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > > The next M/EEG group meeting will take place in a week's time - on *Thursday > 17th October* at *12:00* in the *Venables room*. (Note the change of time > to usual due to the new timetabling) > Becky Gilbert will be giving a talk entitled 'EEG Correlates of Subvocal > Rehearsal in Auditory-Verbal Short-Term Memory'. > > Hope to see lots of you who do EEG and/or MEG there! > If you're not on the ynic mailing list and want to make sure you continue > to receive these emails in the future, please follow this link and enter > your preferred email addresss<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JrDlBeVYKJR6B9Xk2Pl0UrvlOQLD4Amm5KSukTnRS4…> > . > > Best wishes, > Emma > > ____________________________________________ > > Emma Holmes > PhD Student > > Room B001b, Department of Psychology, > University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK. > Email: eh776(a)york.ac.uk; Tel: 01904 322879 >

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YNiC seminar today

by rem

Dear Users This afternoon (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be two talks on the outcomes of MSc Cognitive Neuroscience 2012/2013 empirical research projects: 1) Silke Goebel "Parietal networks for multiplication and subtraction in adults with dyslexia" 2) Alexandra Levine (supervised by Heidi Baseler) "The neural basis of visual performance advantages in the deaf" Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ 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

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Christmas party money collection

by Catarina Teige

Hi all, I will be coming to ynic in 30 min, ready to collect money and menu choices (attached) for the Christmas party. See you shortly! Cheers, Catta

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Fwd: PhD Position (70-100%) in functional and structural neuroimaging in typical and clinical populations

by Gary Green

*Keywords: *fMRI, eye-tracking, neuroimaging, emotion, emotion perception, emotion regulation, empathy, autism, autism spectrum disorder, antisocial personality disorder, conduct disorder *Location:*KJPK Basel and University of Basel, Switzerland *Date:*as soon as possible (duration of 3 years) *Description: *Empathy is the ability to identify, comprehend and share the emotional state of others. /Cognitive Empathy/ is hereby defined as the ability to understand and predict behaviour of others and includes the attribution of mental states (including beliefs, knowledge, pretending and guessing). In contrary, /Emotional Empathy/ is characterized as an emotional response resulting from and mirroring the emotional state of an opposing individual. Empathy deficits are core characteristics of some psychiatric disorders, but foremost it has been associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and conduct disease (CD) or antisocial personality disorder (APD). The empathy imbalance theory suggests that individuals with ASD and APD/CD constitute opposing empathy imbalance disorder, with ASD characterized by disrupted cognitive empathy and intact emotional empathy and CD/APD characterized by intact cognitive empathy, but disturbed emotional empathy. *However, the neuronal underpinnings that constitute these empathy deficits in ASD or APD are still subject to investigations, and rarely, projects have directly compared individuals of both disorders within the same study. *In this project, we will employ functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (f/MRI) techniques as well as eye tracking to study the neuronal basis of emotion perception and emotion regulation in children/adolescents and young adults with and without a diagnosis of ASD or CD/APD. ** *Education / Requirements* We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student, interested in pursuing a career in cognitive neuroscience with keen interest in translational research. Students with a master degree and background in biology, psychology, neuroscience or equal disciplines are encouraged to apply. Experience with basic statistical software packages is requirement, and prior experience in experimental psychology and/or computer or programming skills (e.g. linux systems, matlab, fMRI analysis packages) are considered an advantage. We provide a unique learning opportunity within a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and researchers. PhD students will further be part of a European wide FP7 project on female conduct disorder. The project is funded through a Swiss National Grant, payment are in accordance to SNF guidelines. *Please Contact* For further inquiries or to apply, please send a CV, short letter of intent including statement of research interest and contact details of two references to Nora Maria Raschle, PhD: nora.raschle(a)upkbs.ch <mailto:nora.raschle@upkbs.ch>– English or German. Reviewing of application will start immediately, and applications will be considered until the position has been filled.

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Fwd: Postdoctoral position in computational modeling/fMRI - Ghent University

by Gary Green

* A postdoctoral position is available in the lab of Will Alexander at Ghent University, Belgium. The position is part of a 5 year project investigating reinforcement learning and cognitive control, funded through the FWO-Flanders. The ideal candidate will have experience and interests in one or more of the following areas: 1) fMRI, 2) cognitive control, 3) computational neural modeling, and 4) reinforcement learning. Individuals with experience in applying computational models to the analysis of fMRI data are especially encouraged to apply. Depending on background and interests, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop computational neural models of cognitive control and decision making, as well as to contribute to the design, execution, and analysis of behavioral and fMRI experiments intended to inform and constrain new computational models. The duration of the position is initially two years, with the possibility of renewal for an additional two years The position is available from the beginning of February, 2014, although the start date is flexible. This is a full-time position with salary based on standard Belgian regulations. The successful candidate will join the Department of Experimental Psychology at Ghent University, and will have access to a research-dedicated 3T MRI scanner. To apply, send a brief statement of research interests, CV, and contact information for two references to william.alexander(a)ugent.be <mailto:william.alexander@ugent.be>. Informal inquiries are also welcome. *

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Fwd: POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN THE NEUROSCIENCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS

by Gary Green

Dr. Theodore Beauchaine at the Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University invites applications for a post-doctoral researcher in the neuroscience of developmental psychopathology, to begin in spring or summer of 2014, or sooner if a suitable candidate applies. Primary responsibilities include planning, executing, analyzing, and co-authoring papers from fMRI studies with children, adolescents, and young adults who are affected by mood disorders and/or externalizing spectrum disorders. The Department of Psychology houses the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging, which has a recently commissioned Siemens 3T Trio MRI Total Imaging Matrix (TIM) system with all the necessary equipment to perform structural and functional imaging studies. The postdoc will receive training in mentoring and supervising students, managing a research team, teaching seminars, grant-writing, and authoring scientific papers. The position affords considerable opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with Psychiatry and other departments across campus, and for publication of papers from existing data. Applicants must have substantial experience with analyzing imaging data, a Ph.D. in neuroscience, psychology, or a related field by the start date, and strong potential for a career in research. Starting salary will be $42,000 + benefits, including professional travel. Columbus is a vibrant community of 1.8 million people with diverse cultural, sports, dining, and recreational opportunities (see www.experiencecolumbus.org <http://www.experiencecolumbus.org/>). Cost-of-living is low. Apply online at http://jobs.osu.edu/ and refer to job number 378879 . Along with application, please submit a letter of interest, your CV, and 3 letters of reference. The application deadline is January 24, 2014. -- Colin L. Sauder, M.S. Doctoral Candidate Interim Assistant Director Krasner Psychological Center Department of Psychology Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-2520 Phone: (631) 306-4096 Fax: (631) 632-4632 c <mailto:dina.vivian@stonybrook.edu>olin.sauder(a)stonybrook.edu <mailto:olin.sauder@stonybrook.edu>

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YNiC seminar 17th October

by rem

Dear Users This week (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be two talks on the outcomes of MSc Cognitive Neuroscience 2012/2013 empirical research projects: 1) Silke Goebel "Parietal networks for multiplication and subtraction in adults with dyslexia" 2) Alexandra Levine (supervised by Heidi Baseler) "The neural basis of visual performance advantages in the deaf" Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca -- ************************************************************************ 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

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