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Building a Visual World: How the Brain Uses Statistical Representations

Monash University Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Artificial neural networks, and the brains that inspired them, operate on information distributed across many nodes. This distributed information is sometimes called a representation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Zavitz

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Building a Visual World - How The Brain Creates Statistical Representations

Monash University Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Artificial neural networks, and the brains that inspired them, operate on information distributed across many nodes. This distributed information is sometimes called a representation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Zavitz

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Inhibition and excitation in the brain

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

An appropriate balance between excitatory and inhibitory neural processes in the brain underlies healthy psychological function. Two examples of conditions in which there is an imbalance are autism and ADHD. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Field

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Effect of dietary vitamin B supplementation on brain synaptic activity

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of B vitamins (e.g., B6, B12 and folate) for optimal physiological and neurological functioning. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Y Zheng, Prof C Williams

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Machine learning for affective manipulation in music brain computer interfaces

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

At the University of Reading, we have created one of the first music brain computer interfaces (BCI). Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Nasuto, Prof F Hwang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Mathematical Modelling of Neurovascular function: Developing and refining brain tissue models to enable world leading research into neurovascular coupling in health and disease

University of Sheffield Department of Psychology

Developing and refining brain tissue models to enable world leading research into neurovascular coupling in health and disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Berwick

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Neurovascular coupling in cerebral hypoperfusion

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

There are almost a million people living with dementia in the UK. Most of these cases comprise Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD) or, as is increasingly recognised, a mixed picture phenotype with evidence of the two conditions co-existent in the same patient. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Pritchard, Dr A Greenstein, Dr I Schiessl, Prof S Allan

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Embodiment of Robotic tail - Can we walk like a T-Rex?

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Project Overview. Individuals skilled in using tools for sports, arts, and culinary activities might experience notable alterations in their bodily self-perception. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Hayashi, Prof W Harwin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Identifying the neurogenetic network underlying visually-driven sleep

University of Leicester Department of Genetics and Genome Biology

General background. Sleep is a behavioural quiescence widely observed in the animal kingdom. During sleep, an animal’s motor activity, as well as their responsiveness to environmental stimuli, are largely reduced. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Chen, Dr R Feuda

23 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Fully funded PhD scholarship in Next Generation of Optical Neuroimaging

University College London Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Duration of study. Full time - 4 years fixed term (1y MRes + 3y PhD). Starting date. September 2024. Application deadline. 24 May 2024 (interviews early June 2024). Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Tachtsidis

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Reward processing deficits in the cacna1c rat model of genetic risk for psychiatric disorder: biological bases and potential pharmacological rescue.

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Hodge Centre for Translational Neuroscience. “Towards innovative treatments for mental illness”. Cardiff University Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Dwyer

7 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Towards a clinical MEG system: theoretical and practical insights into the use of optically pumped magnetometers

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive medical imaging technique that allows characterisation of human brain electrophysiology by measuring magnetic fields generated by neural currents. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Beltrachini, Prof K Murphy

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Dissecting behaviourally relevant feedback microcircuits in the brain

Queen Mary University of London Blizard Institute

Interactions between distinct neural circuits in the brain help in sensory-guided perceptual decisions. We have recently reported that task/context-switching behaviour is dependent upon specific populations of neurons in the frontal cortex which encode and convey rule-related information (Banerjee et al. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A.B Banerjee

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Utilising AI and GPS data to determine forces for subconcussive impacts on injury risk exposure in contact and collision sports to inform strategies for brain injury management and recovery.

Atlantic Technological University Research

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr ED Daly, Dr MMcC McCann, Dr LR Ryan

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Unravelling the role of G-quadruplex structures in brain ageing and neurodegeneration

Imperial College London Institute of Chemical Biology

The increasing incidence of neurodegenerative disorders is posing a significant threat to the NHS and public health services world-wide. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Di Antonio, Dr R Nativio, Dr S Galli

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 287 brain PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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