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Prof W El-Deredy, Dr D Talmi
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Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
The neuroscience of associative learning has shown that when an incoming stimulus deviates from the stimulus that was expected, the brain generates an error signal (prediction error), which is proportional to the magnitude of the deviation. The prediction error signal eventually leads to learning or extinction and supports optimal decision making.
Chronic pain patients routinely make predictions about the pain that they may experience. Such predictions drive their behavioural choices, sometimes in maladaptive ways, and are known to have a role in the development of mental health problems and physical disability. The aim of the project is to explore the relationship between pain predictions and the experience of pain.
This project will investigate the electrophysiological signature of prediction errors (an event-related component known as the feedback related negativity) in the context of pain and experimental placebo analgesia in order to understand the mechanisms of the placebo response.
This 4-year full-time studentship provides full support for tuition fees, minimum annual tax-free stipend of 13, 590 and a conference/travel allowance. The project is due to commence October 2013 and is open to UK/EU nationals only due to the nature of the funding.
The successful candidate will benefit from extensive training in psychology, pharmacological manipulations; randomised clinical trials and public engagement in science.
This PhD will provide an ideal platform to progress onto an academic career in medicine, clinical psychology, clinical trials or research support.
Applicants should hold a minimum upper-second honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology, biology, medicine or neuroscience.
A Masters qualification in a related subject would be an advantage. As would experience in the methods of experimental psychology, having designed your own study; knowledge of neurobiology as well as programming experience.
Please direct applications in the following format to Professor Wael El-Deredy ([Email Address Removed])
• Academic CV
• Official academic transcripts
• Contact details for two suitable referees
• A personal statement (750 words maximum) outlining your suitability for the study, what you hope to achieve from the PhD and your research experience to date.
Any enquiries relating to the project and/or suitability should be directed to Professor Wael El-Deredy. Applications are invited up to and including Monday 7 January 2013.
The Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences is offering the opportunity of over 50 fully-funded PhD projects to outstanding candidates seeking research training from October 2013. Details can be found on our website:
http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/studentships/
http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Wael.el-deredy/personaldetails
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Chronic pain patients routinely make predictions about the pain that they may experience. Such predictions drive their behavioural choices, sometimes in maladaptive ways, and are known to have a role in the development of mental health problems and physical disability. The aim of the project is to explore the relationship between pain predictions and the experience of pain.
This project will investigate the electrophysiological signature of prediction errors (an event-related component known as the feedback related negativity) in the context of pain and experimental placebo analgesia in order to understand the mechanisms of the placebo response.
This 4-year full-time studentship provides full support for tuition fees, minimum annual tax-free stipend of 13, 590 and a conference/travel allowance. The project is due to commence October 2013 and is open to UK/EU nationals only due to the nature of the funding.
The successful candidate will benefit from extensive training in psychology, pharmacological manipulations; randomised clinical trials and public engagement in science.
This PhD will provide an ideal platform to progress onto an academic career in medicine, clinical psychology, clinical trials or research support.
Applicants should hold a minimum upper-second honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology, biology, medicine or neuroscience.
A Masters qualification in a related subject would be an advantage. As would experience in the methods of experimental psychology, having designed your own study; knowledge of neurobiology as well as programming experience.
Please direct applications in the following format to Professor Wael El-Deredy ([Email Address Removed])
• Academic CV
• Official academic transcripts
• Contact details for two suitable referees
• A personal statement (750 words maximum) outlining your suitability for the study, what you hope to achieve from the PhD and your research experience to date.
Any enquiries relating to the project and/or suitability should be directed to Professor Wael El-Deredy. Applications are invited up to and including Monday 7 January 2013.
The Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences is offering the opportunity of over 50 fully-funded PhD projects to outstanding candidates seeking research training from October 2013. Details can be found on our website:
http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/studentships/
http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Wael.el-deredy/personaldetails
OurRef:El-DeredyDTG
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