<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,</div><div>at Front Neurolab - RITMO, University of Oslo, we have an open Ph.D. fellow position to work on Auditory Predictions using intracranial EEG recordings.</div><div>Please spread the word! </div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Alejandro</div><div>PS: We will also announce soon a postdoc position to work on single-unit recordings.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Brief description of the position:</b></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="m_5053284895520903509m_-335295999700533249gmail-docs-internal-guid-b924439f-7fff-6a96-a92c-185ef0963a90"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.255;margin:0pt 1.4pt 9.55pt 0.5pt;text-indent:0.75pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in cognitive neuroscience is available at</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion at the University of Oslo</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.255;margin:0pt 1.4pt 9.55pt 0.5pt;text-indent:0.75pt"><span style="text-indent:0.75pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The doctoral fellow will work on the project “<span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/projects/audiopred/index.html" target="_blank">Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Human Auditory Predictions: From population- to single neuron recordings</a></span>”, and will have a primary affiliation with the </span><a href="https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/research/structure-cognition/" style="text-indent:0.75pt;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,238);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Structure and cognition cluster</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><span style="text-indent:0.75pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at RITMO. <b>The overarching aim of the project is to identify the neurophysiological basis of auditory predictions </b>beyond “classical” auditory areas. We will record electrical signals directly from the brains of patients with epilepsy (implanted with electrodes for clinical reasons) while they for example listen to streams of regular sounds that are occasionally replaced by unexpected events. We aim to delineate how distinct brain areas play different roles and interact in encoding auditory regularities, predicting upcoming sounds, and detecting unexpected sounds or silences.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.255;margin:0pt 1.4pt 8.1pt 0.5pt;text-indent:0.75pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The work of the doctoral fellow will have a particular focus on the roles of hierarchically organized brain areas and the different frequencies of oscillations supporting their communication during the prediction of regularities of auditory stimuli. The interaction between attention and predictions will also be addressed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 46.05pt 5.6pt 0.5pt;text-indent:0.75pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In collaboration with interdisciplinary research staff, the doctoral fellow will develop a subproject that addresses core research questions of the overarching project. She/he is expected to be involved in all aspects of the research, including experimental design, data collection, signal analysis, and publishing results related to the project aims.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 1.4pt 9.55pt 0.5pt;text-indent:0.75pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The project will be conducted in collaboration with the Department of Neurosurgery at Oslo University Hospital, Norway, the Department of Psychology/Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley, USA, and the Neurosciences and Complex Systems Unit at El Cruce Hospital - CONICET, Argentina.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8.1pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;white-space:pre-wrap">The appointment is for a duration of three years, starting February 1st, 2022.</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-left:0.5pt;text-indent:0.75pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Qualification requirements</span></h1><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Master's degree or equivalent degree with a background in cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, biomedical engineering, biomedical sciences, or related fields qualifying for admission to the Ph.D. program at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo. The applicant is required to document that the degree corresponds to the profile for the post. The degree must have been obtained by the time of application.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Experience and knowledge in two or more of the following: a) Cognitive models and brain structure/function, b) Cognitive experimental designs, c) Programming skills, d) Processing of electrophysiological data (event-related potentials and oscillatory activity), and e) Statistics.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Personal suitability and motivation for the position.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Excellent skills in written and oral English. Speaking a Scandinavian language is an advantage due to interaction with patients, but not a prerequisite. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The candidate’s proposed research project must be closely connected to RITMO’s research profile.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8.1pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Experience with working across disciplines is an advantage.</span></p></li></ul></span></div><div><b><br></b></div><b>Deadline 1st September 2021</b><div><br><div><b>More information:</b>  <a href="https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/208322/doctoral-research-fellowship-in-cognitive-neuroscience" target="_blank">https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/208322/doctoral-research-fellowship-in-cognitive-neuroscience</a></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Alejandro Blenkmann, PhD</div><div dir="ltr">Researcher / <a href="https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/projects/audiopred/index.html" target="_blank">AudioPred</a> Project Leader</div><div dir="ltr">Front Neurolab - RITMO</div><div dir="ltr">University of Oslo</div><div dir="ltr">--</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>