The studentship will be in the Department of Psychology at Durham University, UK, but with potential for interactions with colleagues in Computer Science, Economics etc. 

The applicant should have a Master's degree (or similar) in a related topic (neuroscience, psychology, computer science, statistics etc.) with a minimum of a UK upper second (2:1) or  an average grade of B for international students. 

The applicant should also have some programming experience (preferably Matlab or Python), but while the project will involve some experimental work (mainly psychophysics) the applicant does not need any previous experimental experience.

The Department offers an exciting and friendly multidisciplinary research environment. The department has excellent technical facilities, including a 3T MRI scanner, EEG labs, laboratories for brain stimulation (TMS, tdCS), motion analysis systems (Vicon, Optitrack), Psychophysiological Research (Biopac), and behavioural experiments, including multiple eye trackers and an acoustically controlled testing chamber. There is also access to the Durham HPC cluster (Hamilton) for numerical simulations.

Durham is a beautiful city in the Northeast of England, home to Durham Cathedral, which is part of UNESCO Durham World Heritage Site. Durham University is consistently ranked among the top 100 Universities worldwide (QS World Rankings 2014).

If interested email the PI (ulrik.beierholm@durham.ac.uk) with any questions.

Applications are made through: https://www.dur.ac.uk/psychology/postgraduate/how_to_apply/

Further information about doing a PhD at Durham can be found here: https://www.dur.ac.uk/psychology/postgraduate/phd/

Applications will be processed as they arrive, but we expect to reach a decision before end of April.