Fwd: PhD Studentships

Funded PhD studenships available at Roehampton University, UK (full details below - two positions with specific imaging components). Please note the closing date is this Friday (19th July). The Department of Psychology intends to award four 3-year research bursaries to start on 1st October 2013. £15,726 per annum is payable to support full-time PhD research studies and Home/EU tuition fees are paid by the Department. The Department has excellent research facilities including spacious laboratories and observation spaces equipped with up-to-date facilities including video cameras and video editing facilities; eye tracking equipment; software for running psychological experiments and excellent psychophysiology resources including EEG and (f)MRI. We are interested in receiving applications on the following topics (with the following potential supervisors): Exploring risk factors for depression and stimulation-induced neuroplasticity using multimodal imaging techniques. (Dr Ray Norbury) Modulation of attentional biases using brain stimulation and cognitive training. (Dr Jon Silas) Recollection and familiarity in normal and brain-damaged adults. (Dr Kaz Brandt) Speech/auditory processing, sensory abnormalities or heterogeneity in autism spectrum disorders using quantitative methods. (Dr Jen Mayer) The relationship between consumer culture values (materialism and body image), well-being and academic motivation in young people: Links with identity. (Dr Mark Wright) The organization of human social interaction in work-place and/or multimodal settings (combining Conversation Analysis and quantitative methods). (Dr John Rae) Machine learning techniques for the analysis of functional imaging data from word meaning tasks. (Dr Joe Levy) Outstanding candidates wishing to conduct research on topics in other areas of our current research are also welcome to apply. Details of academic staff and their research interests can be found through the Staff and Research links on the departmental website: http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/psychology/ Informal enquiries can be made to relevant members of staff or to relevant Research Centre Directors. Applicants are encouraged to contact potential supervisors. For more details or to apply follow: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AGV878/four-phd-departmental-research-studentship…