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Apologies for cross-posting PhD Position: Neuroimaging of social perception in Autism Spectrum Disorders Applicants are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, jointly supervised by an interdisciplinary team with backgrounds in psychology, neuroscience, and psychiatry: Dr Elisabeth von dem Hagen, Dr Christoph Teufel, Dr Susanne Quadflieg (Bristol), and Prof. Jeremy Hall. The studentship will commence in October 2019. Application deadline: 22 March 2019. For further details of this project and information of how to apply, please see here https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/view/phd-in-psychology-neuroimaging-of-social-perception-in-autism-spectrum-disorders2 The Project People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulties in social communication, including perceiving emotions. Using a combination of psychophysics, neuroimaging, and virtual reality tools, this project will study cortical mechanisms underlying whole-person representations of emotion in ASD, by characterising the processing and integration of emotion signals from the face and body. The PhD project is supervised by an interdisciplinary team with backgrounds in psychology/neuroscience (E. von dem Hagen, C. Teufel, S. Quadflieg (Bristol)), and psychiatry (J. Hall). We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and innovative individual with an excellent degree in medicine, biology, psychology, neuroscience, physics, engineering/computer science, or related discipline. The successful candidate will be based at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) (http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cubric/), which is part of the School of Psychology (http://psych.cf.ac.uk/). For further details of this project, please contact Elisabeth von dem Hagen [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> About us The successful candidate will be based at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) (http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cubric/), which is part of the School of Psychology (http://psych.cf.ac.uk/). The School of Psychology at Cardiff is one of the strongest in the UK. In the 2014 research excellence framework, Cardiff was one of the UK's top three universities for its world-leading research in psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience. The imaging centre is one of the largest and technologically most advanced in Europe. The School and the Imaging Centre have state-of-the art testing facilities, a world-class community of clinical and cognitive neuroscience researchers and a thriving postgraduate research group. The candidate will also be closely associated with the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (Cardiff University) and the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol. Funding Notes The studentship will commence in October 2019 and will cover your tuition fees (at UK/EU level) as well as a maintenance grant. In 2018-19 the maintenance grant for full-time students was £14,777 per annum. As well as tuition fees and a maintenance grant, all School of Psychology students receive conference and participant money (approx. £2250 for the duration of the studentship).They also receive a computer and office space, additional funding for their research, and access to courses offered by the University's Doctoral Academy and become members of the University Doctoral Academy. We welcome applications from both UK and EU applicants. Full awards (fees plus maintenance stipend) are open to UK Nationals, and EU students who can satisfy UK residency requirements. To be eligible for the full award, EU Nationals must have been in the UK for at least 3 years prior to the start of the course for which they are seeking funding, including for the purposes of full-time education. Please note that negotiations regarding 'Brexit' will not affect recruitment of EU students for studentships starting in October 2019.