PhD in Neurodevelopment: Attention and Action Brain Signals

University of Birmingham; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Birmingham invites applications for a PhD studentship exploring how developing brain signals transform sensory input into action. The project combines wearable OPM-MEG with visual frequency tagging in children aged 8-16 and adults aged 18-30 to study attention, motor preparation, and age-related changes.

You will work with eye tracking and attention/movement localisers, test models on held-out data, and gain skills in neuroimaging, scientific programming and quantitative

Job description

The University of Birmingham invites applications for a PhD studentship exploring how developing brain signals transform sensory input into action. The project combines wearable OPM-MEG with visual frequency tagging in children aged 8-16 and adults aged 18-30 to study attention, motor preparation, and age-related changes.

You will work with eye tracking and attention/movement localisers, test models on held-out data, and gain skills in neuroimaging, scientific programming and quantitative