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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I am writing to point your attention to PhD studentship (available for an immediate start) opening at the UCL Ear Institute and would be grateful
if you could distribute the advert to relevant members of your institution. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">A 3 year PhD studentship
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">in auditory cognitive neuroscience<span style="color:black"> is available
</span>as part of a research collaboration between the UCL Ear Institute (London, UK) and NTT Communication Science Labs (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone corporation, Atsugi, Japan). The student will be based
<span style="color:black">at the UCL Ear Institute</span> and supervised by Dr. Maria Chait. They will also be working with Prof. Makio Kashino and Dr. Shigeto Furukawa (NTT) and the research program will involve experiments conducted both at UCL and in Japan,
requiring occasional travel. The project <span style="color:black">will use psychophysics, eye tracking, autonomic response measures and MEG functional brain imaging </span>to investigate which features of sound are perceptually salient. Namely, those sounds
that automatically capture attention in a busy scene, even when listeners’ initial perceptual focus is elsewhere.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The UCL Ear Institute provides state-of-the-art research facilities across a wide range of disciplines and is
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">one of the foremost centres for hearing, speech and language-related research within Europe.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Key Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The position is only available for UK/EU passport holders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Applicants should hold a
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1<sup>St</sup> class, or upper 2<sup>nd</sup>
<span style="color:black">bachelor’s degree (masters degree an advantage) in an engineering or scientific subject. Previous experience with auditory research, functional brain imaging, neuroscience and/or acoustics is desirable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For an informal discussion, or to submit an application please contact Dr. Maria Chait (</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:m.chait@ucl.ac.uk"><b>m.chait@ucl.ac.uk</b></a><b>).
Applicants should submit a supporting statement, a CV, and the details of two recommenders. Application review begins December 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. The studentship includes fees and a yearly stipend (about £16000; tax free).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">Maria Chait PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:m.chait@ucl.ac.uk"><span lang="FR">m.chait@ucl.ac.uk</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">Senior Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">UCL Ear Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">332 Gray's Inn Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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