Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher (ESR) – European ITN program EBRAMUS -
Does music stimulation boost cognitive abilities in deaf children and/or Alzheimer patients?
Supervisor: Pr. Emmanuel Bigand &Aurelia Bugaiska
LEAD CNRS-UMR 5022, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
An ESR research engineer position (2 years) is available as part of the European research project EBRAMUS (Europe BRAin and MUSic). Enrolment as a ESR will begin in October or November 2011.
EBRAMUS is a consortium of European research centres based in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Poland (for further information: http://leadserv.u-bourgogne.fr/ebramus). EBRAMUS offers a unique interdisciplinary graduate programme to study the behavioural, functional, structural, and plastic effects of music on cognitive functions such us language, memory, learning, and motor behaviour through an integrative and interdisciplinary approach. Its goal is to train ESR in the multidisciplinary aspects of music in rehabilitation, learning, and facilitation of cognitive processes with behavioural and neuroscience (EEG, fMRI, etc.) methods.
As a member of the EBRAMUS project, the ESR will be:
-working in collaboration with the other centres of the network based in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Poland.
-participating, together with the network (27 members), at 2 workshops and 1 summerschool organized by the EBRAMUS consortium.
-including mobility to at least one other research site up to 6 months.
For details on project, application and eligibility criteria: http://leadserv.u-bourgogne.fr/ebramus
For further information, contact EBRAMUS at: EBRAMUS[ at ]gmail.com
Applications should be submitted to: EBRAMUS[ at ]gmail.com and bigand[ at ]u-bourgogne.fr
NOTE: Applications will be evaluated as they come in, and the position will be open until filled (or at the latest for September 30, 2011).
Theorical Framework In Alzheimer disease, memory impairment is the earliest and the most severe cognitive deficit (Bugaiska, Morson, Moulin & Souchay, 2011, Revue Neurologique). In preliminary pilot studies, we found that auditory stimulation including music leads to improve auditory processing in deaf children (Rochette & Bigand, 2009, The neurosciences of music III, NYAcad. Sci. 1169), and in Alzheimer patients (Moussard, Bigand, Clément, & Samson, 2008, Revue de neuropsychologie, 18).
Objective of the ESR research The goal of the project will be to further consolidate these findings by specifying how music stimulation may boost cognitive processes (memory, reasoning, language…), without training them explicitly. One critical issue will notably provide further evidence of brain plasticity induced in both groups of patients with the help of NIRS (Near infrared spectroscopy).method. NIRS is an imagery technics that offers numerous advantages for objectiving effect of music cognitive stimulation in Alzheimer and Deaf Children patients. This is a non invasive method, easy to use, and which does create any interference with cochlear implants.
Expected added value provided by the ITN. The project is quite challenging for EBRAMUS topic since it planned to provide further evidence of positive effect of music cognitive stimulation at neurophysiological level in two contrasted populations.
Competences of the candidate:
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(in addition to general requirements, see: http://leadserv.u-bourgogne.fr/ebramus)
Required
Master in cognitive neurosciences, with competence in brain imagery technics
Or Master in computational sciences and ingeneery with a a good competence in cognitive neurosciences
Or
Master in cognitive psychology (neuro psychology) whith a competence in both neurosciences and computational sciences.
In addition, experience in music cognition, psychoacoustic, and signal processing are welcome. The candidate should also have skills to work with children and patients in a clinical environment. Speaking French would be a supplementary quality (even not formally requested)
Good Competence in, matlab and statistics are strongly expected
Competence in Eprime, and EEG lab are welcome.
NOTE: Applications will be evaluated as they come in, and the position will be open until filled (or at the latest for September 30, 2011).
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Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher (ESR) – European ITN program EBRAMUS -
Does music stimulation boost cognitive abilities in deaf children and/or Alzheimer patients?
Supervisor: Pr. Emmanuel Bigand &Aurelia Bugaiska
LEAD CNRS-UMR 5022, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
An ESR research engineer position (2 years) is available as part of the European research project EBRAMUS (Europe BRAin and MUSic). Enrolment as a ESR will begin in October or November 2011.
EBRAMUS is a consortium of European research centres based in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Poland (for further information: http://leadserv.u-bourgogne.fr/ebramus). EBRAMUS offers a unique interdisciplinary graduate programme to study the behavioural, functional, structural, and plastic effects of music on cognitive functions such us language, memory, learning, and motor behaviour through an integrative and interdisciplinary approach. Its goal is to train ESR in the multidisciplinary aspects of music in rehabilitation, learning, and facilitation of cognitive processes with behavioural and neuroscience (EEG, fMRI, etc.) methods.
As a member of the EBRAMUS project, the ESR will be:
-working in collaboration with the other centres of the network based in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Poland.
-participating, together with the network (27 members), at 2 workshops and 1 summerschool organized by the EBRAMUS consortium.
-including mobility to at least one other research site up to 6 months.
For details on project, application and eligibility criteria: http://leadserv.u-bourgogne.fr/ebramus
For further information, contact EBRAMUS at: EBRAMUS[ at ]gmail.com
Applications should be submitted to: EBRAMUS[ at ]gmail.com and bigand[ at ]u-bourgogne.fr
NOTE: Applications will be evaluated as they come in, and the position will be open until filled (or at the latest for September 30, 2011).
Theorical Framework In Alzheimer disease, memory impairment is the earliest and the most severe cognitive deficit (Bugaiska, Morson, Moulin & Souchay, 2011, Revue Neurologique). In preliminary pilot studies, we found that auditory stimulation including music leads to improve auditory processing in deaf children (Rochette & Bigand, 2009, The neurosciences of music III, NYAcad. Sci. 1169), and in Alzheimer patients (Moussard, Bigand, Clément, & Samson, 2008, Revue de neuropsychologie, 18).
Objective of the ESR research The goal of the project will be to further consolidate these findings by specifying how music stimulation may boost cognitive processes (memory, reasoning, language…), without training them explicitly. One critical issue will notably provide further evidence of brain plasticity induced in both groups of patients with the help of NIRS (Near infrared spectroscopy).method. NIRS is an imagery technics that offers numerous advantages for objectiving effect of music cognitive stimulation in Alzheimer and Deaf Children patients. This is a non invasive method, easy to use, and which does create any interference with cochlear implants.
Expected added value provided by the ITN. The project is quite challenging for EBRAMUS topic since it planned to provide further evidence of positive effect of music cognitive stimulation at neurophysiological level in two contrasted populations.
Competences of the candidate:
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(in addition to general requirements, see: http://leadserv.u-bourgogne.fr/ebramus)<
Country: France
