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Dear Colleagues, We would be grateful if you could please circulate the following advert as appropriate. Apologies for any cross-posting.
Researchers at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit,
University of Cambridge, are currently inviting applications for
PhD studentships in cognitive neuroscience, for intake in October 2021. Various funding streams are available for 3- or 4-year positions.
We are seeking applicants interested in the broad area of
research into human hearing. Potential research topics include, but are not limited to: neuroplasticity in normal and hearing-impaired listeners; effects of hearing loss throughout the lifespan; computational modelling of auditory perception; neuroimaging
of auditory and speech perception; and improving hearing by users of cochlear implants and hearing aids.
Interested candidates should contact
Lorna Halliday, Bob Carlyon,
Matt Davis, or
Tobias Goehring, in the first instance. The deadline for applications is 3 December 2020.
Many thanks. Lorna Halliday, Bob Carlyon, Matt Davis, & Tobias Goehring MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit University of Cambridge __________________________________ PhD programme The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit typically hosts 20-30 graduate students at any time and applications are invited from prospective PhD students wishing to pursue research in areas covered by any of our research programmes. Our
approaches include experimental cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, computational modelling, and neuroimaging using MRI, MEG, and EEG. Deadline: 3 December 2020 Applications are made via the University of Cambridge
postgraduate study portal. Please see our
poster and website for more details. The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit is one of the largest and most enduring contributors to the understanding of human cognition and its disorders. Our research investigates fundamental
human cognitive processes such as attention, language, memory, and emotion. We do this using a combination of behavioural experiments, neuroimaging, and computer modelling. Behavioural experiments help us understand how these processes work at all ages and
how they become disrupted in disease and disorder. Neuroimaging helps us study the brain mechanisms underlying human cognition. Where possible, we use our discoveries to improve human health and well-being from childhood through to older age, for example by
developing new treatments for clinical disorders of cognition and mental health. The Unit provides a lively intellectual environment for scientific research, with regular lecture and seminar series and research meetings. At any one time, we have about 15 core
research programmes, each run by a senior scientist. The Cambridge Hearing Group Auditory researchers at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit form part of the
Cambridge Hearing Group, a group of over 30 hearing researchers across two Universities and a major teaching hospital in Cambridge. Our collaborations within Cambridge enable us to have a clear pipeline
for research activities to flow between the lab and the clinic. There are unusually strong links between academic researchers and clinical partners at
Addenbrooke’s Hospital and in the private hearing sector. We have a strong network of collaborators in the UK, Europe, North America, Canada and Australia. Current major research themes include cochlear-implant
research, from front-end signal processing to objective measures of neural health, neuroplasticity in normal and hearing-impaired listeners, binaural processing, the effects of hearing loss throughout the lifespan, and both physical and computational models
of hearing. The group benefits from a wealth of world-class expertise in psychology, neuroscience, engineering, surgery, speech science, audiology, auditory physiology, electrophysiology, material science, and computer science. We use a wide variety of research
tools to produce cutting-edge research. These include psychoacoustics, virtual reality, speech perception, web-based data collection, objective measures such as EEG, biophysical and computational models of the inner ear, cadaveric studies, clinical models,
and paediatric studies. University of Cambridge Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge's mission is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. To date,
more than 100 affiliates of the University have won the Nobel Prize. The University comprises
31 autonomous Colleges, and
150 Departments, Faculties and institutions. It is a global university: its 19,000 student body includes 3,700 international students from 120 countries. Cambridge researchers collaborate with colleagues worldwide, and the University has established partnerships
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