Postdoctoral position in neural mechanisms of speech perception (Nima )


Subject: Postdoctoral position in neural mechanisms of speech perception
From:    Nima  <nimail@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:24:35 -0400
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--001a1134cb9a2393310505f21c2b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Postdoctoral position in neural mechanisms of speech perception An immediate full-time postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Nima Mesgarani to study speech processing in human auditory cortex. We use a combination of techniques including ECoG in implanted epilepsy patients, fMRI/EEG, and computational modeling to investigate the neural mechanisms behind our ability to perceive speech, particularly in challenging and difficult conditions. Our goal is to understand how speech signal is represented in the brain, how attention changes the representation, and what computations are performed throughout the auditory system. A background in auditory neurophysiology, experience with designing cognitive tasks, facility with Matlab, and flexibility to work with a multidisciplinary, multicenter team would be helpful. The laboratory is part of a large neuroscience research community at Columbia University, including Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Grossman Center for Statistics of Mind, Mind Brain Behavior Institute, and Center for Neural Engineering. Interested applicants should send a CV (including references) and two representative papers (or abstracts) to nima@xxxxxxxx References: Mesgarani et. al., Phonetic feature encoding in human superior temporal gyrus, *Science* 2014 Mesgarani et. al., Mechanisms of noise robust representation of speech in primary auditory cortex, *PNAS* 2014 --001a1134cb9a2393310505f21c2b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">Postdoctoral=C2=A0position in neural mechani= sms of speech perception</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">An immediate full-time=C2=A0postdoctoral=C2=A0position is available in the laboratory of= Dr. Nima Mesgarani to study speech processing in human=E2=80=A8auditory cortex.= We use a combination of techniques including ECoG in implanted epilepsy patients, fMRI/EEG, and computational modeling to investigate the neural mechanisms b= ehind our ability to perceive speech, particularly in challenging and difficult conditions. Our goal is to understand how speech signal is represented in t= he brain, how attention changes the representation, and what computations are performed throughout the auditory system. A background in auditory neurophysiology, experience with designing cognitive tasks, facility with Matlab, and flexibility to work with a multidisciplinary, multicenter team would be helpful. The laboratory is part of a large neuroscience research community at Columbia University, including Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Grossman Center for Statistics of Mind, Mind Brain Behavior Institute, and Center for Neural Engineering. Interested applicants should = send a CV (including references) and two representative papers (or abstracts) to= =C2=A0</span><a href=3D"mailto:nima@xxxxxxxx"><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;color:windowtext">nima@xxxxxxxx</span= ></a><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">. </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">References: </span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">Mesgarani et. al., Phonetic feature encoding in human superior temporal gyrus, <i>Science</i> 2014</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;">Mesgarani et. al., Mechanisms of noise robust representation of speech in primary auditory cortex, <i>PNAS</i> 201= 4</span></p> </div> --001a1134cb9a2393310505f21c2b--


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