The Active Perception
Laboratory, a facility shared by
PIs Martina Poletti - https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/31283571-martina-poletti and Michele Rucci, has openings at
multiple levels for studying visual perception, eye movements, and attention in
humans. The laboratory is located at the University of Rochester and is
part of the Department
of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, the Department
of Neuroscience,
and the Center
for Visual Science.
Research in the laboratory relies on multiple techniques,
including testing of visual functions with highly controlled retinal
stimulation, computational modeling of the visual system, and analysis of the
visual input signals caused by normal and abnormal motor
activity. The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art tools for
high-resolution recording of head and eye movements, EEG recordings, and for
precisely manipulating the stimulus on the retina during motor
behavior. Ongoing projects focus on the interplay of eye movements
and attention at the scale of the foveola, the visual consequences of
oculomotor transients, and the benefits of eye movements for visual processing.
Examples of recent findings from the laboratory can be found in Boi et al Curr Biol, 2017 and Poletti
et al Nat Neurosci, 2017. See Rucci & Victor, Trends Neurosci
2015 and Rucci & Poletti, Annu Rev
Vision Sci, 2015 for recent reviews of our work. A full list of
our publications can be found on the lab web site.
We are looking for highly motivated candidates preferably with
quantitative background and demonstrated interest in applying quantitative
methods to neuroscience. Experience working in visual perception is preferred,
though not a requirement. Experience with signal processing, Matlab, and C/C++
is desirable.
Please send curriculum vitae, statement of
research interests and accomplishments, and names of two references to Martina
Poletti and Michele Rucci (Martina_Poletti@urmc.rochester.edu, mrucci@ur.rochester.edu). Doctoral applicants should submit their
applications via the Neuroscience Graduate Program and/or the Graduate program in Brain & Cognitive Sciences.
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