PhD position in neuroscience – Multisensory integration in non human primates
We are recruiting a PhD student for 3 years in the Brain and Cognition Research Center (Centre de recherche Cerveau et Cognition - CerCo) in Toulouse, France. The main objective of the project is to characterize the neural mechanisms involved in multisensory perception.
In order to clarify the fundamental properties and specificity of the multisensory integration network, we will conduct a multi-scale approach in monkeys from behavior to neuronal activity. Behavioral data will be tested with theoretical models with the ultimate aim of highlighting the common rules governing principles of audio-visual sensory fusion. The electrophysiological approach will be based on single unit recordings and local field potentials in the awake macaque monkeys.
This project is part of a broader project conducted by Celine Cappe in the team “Processing dynamics and cortical interactions” in CerCo and funded by the French Agence Nationale de Recherche (ANR).
The CerCo is a research unit created by the CNRS and the Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse 3) with about 20 expert scientists in the visual system, 30 doctoral and post-doctoral students and a technical team working on 4 main research topics:
• Processing dynamics and cortical interactions
• 3D Space and Context
• Perception and Recognition of Objects and Scenes
• Shaping of Mental States and Representations
The CerCo scientific aim is to investigate in human and non-human primates the anatomy of the visual system, its functional architecture and the dynamics of visual computing, its interactions with other sensory modalities, and the neural basis of perception and higher cognitive functions such as representation of space, scenes and objects, attention, mental states and consciousness.
Your profile:
A master degree in neuroscience with high rating is requested.
You are proficient in English.
You have already experience with non human primates, behavior and/or electrophysiology.
Expertise in Matlab is clearly an advantage.
You are expected to be leading your own research program, be creative, autonomous, visionary and bold.
Starting date: October-December 2013
Salary will be in accordance with French norms for PhD student
Contact:
Celine Cappe, PhD
Centre de recherche Cerveau et Cognition
CNRS CERCO UMR 5549
Pavillon Baudot
CHU Purpan
BP 25202
31052 Toulouse Cedex - France
Tel: +33 (0)562 74 61 37
e-mail: celine.cappe [ chez ] cerco.ups-tlse.fr