The University of Sussex and the South-East Network for Social Science invite applications for Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD studentship awards within and across the following fields.
Sussex Neuroscience. The Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme is now inviting applications for September 2019. entry. Sussex Neuroscience is a thriving community of over 50 neuroscience research groups based on a single campus.
Neurons communicate by the release of neurotransmitter-containing vesicles at the synapse (see Staras, Neuron 2012). Everything that we see or hear depends on the operation of synapses that are specialized to transmit sensory information.
Visual navigation, by which animals find places (e.g. home) defined by memories of a visual scene, has basic similarities across a wide range of species from ants to humans.
The world around us is replete with stimuli that unfold over time and whose temporal structure is essential to their meaning. A patterned stream of sounds such as music or speech, or a surface scanned by our fingertips, can only be identified by sensing the order and timing of the constituent notes, phonemes or ridges.
Our sense of taste and ability to derive pleasure from foods are essential for survival. Taste also guides our food preferences and aversions, reinforces appetitive learning, and adds pleasure to a mundane, but essential activity to maintain health.
