Subject: PhD position in Music Cognition From: Henkjan Honing <honing@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:48:14 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-7--377732799 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 -= --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------- =20 PhD candidate in Music Cognition -- Deadline: 1 September 2010 The PhD student will take part in the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam = (CSCA) research programme The role of neural plasticity in conscious = perception. This programme consists of three intertwined projects = addressing the following three questions:=20 =95 Does consciousness require synaptic plasticity? =95 Does perceptual learning depend on consciousness and not = on attention? =95 Does conscious perception depend on previous learning of = image statistics? The PhD project will mainly contribute to the second question by = studying hierarchical time perception in music. In addition, the project = will be concerned with the computational modeling of the temporal = aspects of music (such as rhythm, timing, and tempo) and the role of = perception, attention, expectation and memory in music cognition. Next = to computational modeling, we will use brain imaging techniques to = identify global neural correlates of rhythm perception. Detailed information on the research programme, and how to apply, is = available at:=20 =20 http://www.hum.uva.nl/mmm/jobs.html =20 = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------ =20= --Apple-Mail-7--377732799 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><base href=3D"x-msg://47/"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; font-family: Courier; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: = WordSection1; "><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: = 'Times New Roman', serif; ">----<span = class=3D"apple-style-span">-----------------------------------------------= -----------------------------------</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "> </div></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b>PhD = candidate in Music Cognition -- <i>Deadline: 1 September = 2010</i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; ">The PhD student will take part in the Cognitive Science Center = Amsterdam (CSCA) research programme <i>The role of neural = plasticity in conscious perception</i>. This programme consists of = three intertwined projects addressing the following three = questions: <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = class=3D"apple-tab-span"> &= nbsp; <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>=95 Does = consciousness require synaptic = plasticity?<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = class=3D"apple-tab-span"> &= nbsp; <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>=95 Does perceptual = learning depend on consciousness and not on = attention?<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = class=3D"apple-tab-span"> &= nbsp; <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>=95 Does conscious = perception depend on previous learning of image = statistics?<o:p></o:p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><br>The PhD project will mainly contribute to the second = question by studying hierarchical time perception in music. In = addition, the project will be concerned with the computational = modeling of the temporal aspects of music (such as rhythm, timing, = and tempo) and the role of perception, attention, expectation and = memory in music cognition. Next to computational modeling, we = will use brain imaging techniques to identify global neural = correlates of rhythm perception.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; ">Detailed information on the research programme, and how to = apply, is available at: <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a = href=3D"http://www.hum.uva.nl/mmm/jobs.html" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; = ">http://www.hum.uva.nl/mmm/jobs.html</a><o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div= ><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; ">----<span = class=3D"apple-style-span">-----------------------------------------------= -----------------------------------</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = class=3D"apple-style-span"><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; = font-size: 13px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "> </span></div></div></div></div></span></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-7--377732799--