August 2013 - Face-research-list - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

PhD Opportunities in Perception Perception
by Libby Taylor 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Person Perception, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders<http://www.ccd.edu.au/>: PhD Opportunities We are looking for talented and enthusiastic students to join our research team in the Person Perception Program at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders. The Research: - We aim to understand the mechanisms (perceptual, cognitive, neural and evolutionary) of person perception and how they relate to other cognitive abilities and social functioning. - A major focus is on how person perception skills emerge during typical development and in children with the neuro-developmental disorders of autism and developmental prosopagnosia. The People: - Prof. Gill Rhodes (http://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.html?memberID=623) - A/Prof. Romina Palermo (http://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.html?memberID=64) - Dr Linda Jeffery (http://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.html?memberID=644) The Place: - Join us in the Facelab<http://www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/research/facelab> and the PEPLab<http://www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/research/PEPLab> located at the School of Psychology<http://www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/> at The University of Western Australia<http://www.uwa.edu.au/>, Perth, AUSTRALIA Scholarships: Scholarships covering living allowance and tuition fees are available for International & Australian students. The CCD also offers “Top-up scholarships” (up to $10,000 pa) to to supplement the University scholarships. - International students<http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/future-students/postgrad/international> - Round 1 closes 30 August, 2013, Round 2 closes Jan, 2014 - Australian Students<http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/future-students/postgrad/domestic> - Applications open 1 August, 2013, close 31 October 2013 Contact: Libby Taylor for more information (libby.taylor(a)uwa.edu.au<mailto:libby.taylor@uwa.edu.au>) Libby Taylor | Lab Manager ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders School of Psychology, FaceLab (M304) The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway, CRAWLEY WA 6009 Tel: +61 8 6488 3573 | Fax: +61 8 6488 1006 Email: libby.taylor(a)uwa.edu.au<mailto:libby.taylor@uwa.edu.au>

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Re: [Face-research-list] face recognition over the lifespan - Germine et al., 2011
by Jodie Davies-Thompson 09 Aug '13

09 Aug '13

Thank-you Laura! What a fantastic data set to share. Jodie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 16:05:30 -0400 From: Laura Germine <lgermine(a)gmail.com> To: face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk Subject: [Face-research-list] face recognition over the lifespan - Germine et al., 2011 data release Message-ID: <CAKcequGwPteP=6X10S+iN+Xa7_Wdpwox4NbegFJr4DAA0+P76Q(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all, In the spirit of open science / data, I've shared all the data from Germine, Duchaine, & Nakayama 2011 on changes in face recognition (memory) ability across the lifespan. The dataset includes 60,000 people across three experiments. Please feel free to email me with any questions you have about this data. I'm using figshare for the first time so please let me know if you have any trouble downloading the dataset: http://figshare.com/articles/Face_Recognition_Memory_Data_Across_the_Lifesp… Best, Laura -- Laura Germine, Ph.D. Psychiatric & Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit Center for Human Genetic Research Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School http://www.testmybrain.org http://www.lauragermine.org

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face recognition over the lifespan - Germine et al., 2011 data release
by Laura Germine 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Hi all, In the spirit of open science / data, I've shared all the data from Germine, Duchaine, & Nakayama 2011 on changes in face recognition (memory) ability across the lifespan. The dataset includes 60,000 people across three experiments. Please feel free to email me with any questions you have about this data. I'm using figshare for the first time so please let me know if you have any trouble downloading the dataset: http://figshare.com/articles/Face_Recognition_Memory_Data_Across_the_Lifesp… Best, Laura -- Laura Germine, Ph.D. Psychiatric & Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit Center for Human Genetic Research Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School http://www.testmybrain.org http://www.lauragermine.org

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Cultural psychology position at Gettysburg
by Richard Russell 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

The Gettysburg College Psychology Department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor who studies cultural / cross-cultural issues. People investigating cultural issues in face processing are encouraged to apply. For informal enquiries, please contact Richard Russell (rrussell(a)gettysburg.edu<mailto:rrussell@gettysburg.edu>). The job advertisement can be found here: http://www.gettysburg.edu/dotAsset/3434099.pdf Richard Russell PhD Assistant Professor of Psychology | Gettysburg College 300 North Washington Street | Gettysburg, PA 17325 | USA http://public.gettysburg.edu/~rrussell/

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