Funded Phd Candidate Positin

The freshly established Perceptual Inference Group at the BCBL studies how the subcortical and early cortical stages of the brain work together to make sense of the sensory world. This project will investigate how the brain learns to predict the onset of incoming sounds with high temporal precision, conforming the sensations of rhythm in speech and music. The project will make use a combination of modelling and high-resolution fMRI to explore the encoding of time in the human brain. This is a fantastic opportunity for cognitive neuroscientists who wish to learn modelling techniques, or for computational neuroscientists who want to learn human neuroimaging. Part of this project will be developed in collaboration with the Department of Psychology of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and there will be opportunities for placements in Leipzig.

Job description:
Designing and conducting behavioural and fMRI experimental research

Designing and implementing computational models of cognition

Writing research papers under the supervision of the PI, aiming to publish at top-tier journals

Dissemination of results at international scientific conferences

PI and research group:
**Deadline**: May 31, 2024
**Job category**: PhD Student
**Area**: Social Sciences and Humanities