TRAINING IN PERCEPTUAL AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

约翰霍普金斯大学心理学、认知科学和神经科学系提出了一项新的感知和认知神经科学跨学科培训计划。该计划的目的是通过高级课程和实验室经验，培训博士后和博士后学生从事感知和认知的神经基础方面的教学和独立研究。该计划将强调在每个学员选择的领域独立构思和执行尖端、多学科研究所需的技术技能和理论洞察力。该项目将由三个系的核心教员联合管理，辅以大学内相关系的参与教员。受训人员将在这三个部门中的一个部门拥有主要从属关系。每位博士生将完成培训计划规定的一套共同的核心要求，此外，每个受训人员还将完成本国部门规定的少量额外要求。核心要求包括神经科学基础、中枢神经系统神经生理学、计算神经科学、认知神经科学和认知心理学的研究生课程。在第一年，每个博士前实习生将在两个非本国系完成为期10周的实验室轮换(例如，一名认知科学博士前学生将完成心理学和神经科学的轮换)。所有博士后和博士后实习生将参加联合研讨会和杂志俱乐部会议，在这些会议上，项目教师和实习生将介绍和讨论感知和认知神经科学的当前研究。正在进行的感知和认知神经科学系列演讲者将为学员提供接触著名学者和科学家当前研究的机会。该计划涵盖的研究领域包括灵长类神经生理学(视觉和躯体感觉系统)、神经可塑性、功能神经成像(如PET和fMRI)、认知神经心理学和神经学、视觉和触觉心理物理学、生物声学和听觉感知、注意力、知觉发展，以及感知、记忆和认知的计算和神经网络模型。所有实验室设施在过去6年内都进行了新的翻新，都是最先进的。受训人员和项目教职员工住在约翰·霍普金斯大学霍姆伍德校区邻近的建筑里。

The Departments of Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Neuroscience of The Johns Hopkins University propose a new interdisciplinary training program in perceptual and cognitive neuroscience. The purpose of the program is to train predoctoral and postdoctoral students for careers in teaching and independent research in the neural basis of perception and cognition through advanced coursework and laboratory experience. The program will emphasize the technical skill and theoretical insight required to independently conceive and execute cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research in each trainee's chosen area. The program will be jointly administered by core faculty in the-three departments, supplemented by participating faculty in related departments within the University. Trainees will have a primary affiliation in one of the three departments. Each Ph.D. candidate will complete a common set of core requirements stipulated by the training program, in addition, each trainee will complete a small number of additional requirements stipulated by their home department. The core requirements include graduate courses in Foundations of Neuroscience, CNS Neurophysiology, Computational Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cognitive Psychology. During the first year, each predoctoral trainee will complete a 10-week laboratory rotation in each of the two non-home departments (e.g., a Cognitive Science predoctoral student would complete rotations in Psychology and Neuroscience). All predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees will participate in joint seminars and Journal Club meetings in which program faculty and trainees will present and discuss current research in perceptual and cognitive neuroscience. An ongoing speaker series in Perceptual and Cognitive Neuroscience will provide trainees with exposure to current research by distinguished scholars and scientists. Research areas covered in the program include primate neurophysiology (visual and somatosensory systems), neural plasticity, functional neuroimaging (e.g., PET and fMRI), cognitive neuropsychology and neurology, visual and tactile psychophysics, bioacoustics and auditory perception, attention, perceptual development, and, computational and neural network models of perception, memory, and cognition. All laboratory facilities have been newly renovated within the last 6 years and are state of the art. Trainees and program faculty members are housed in adjacent buildings on the Homewood Campus of The Johns Hopkins University.