General information
Offer title : Postdoctoral Position on Motion Processing and Perception in Patients with Macular Degeneration (M/F) (H/F)
Reference : UMR5549-BENCOT-008
Number of position : 1
Workplace : TOULOUSE
Date of publication : 03 October 2025
Type of Contract : Researcher in FTC
Contract Period : 5 months
Expected date of employment : 5 January 2026
Proportion of work : Full Time
Remuneration : Between €2,991 and €3,417 gross per month depending on experience
Desired level of education : Doctorate
Experience required : Indifferent
Section(s) CN : 26 - Brain, cognition and behaviour
Missions
The researcher will be responsible for developing and implementing a protocol aimed at studying motion processing and perception in both patients with macular degeneration and control participants, the latter undergoing temporary masking of part of their visual field. The protocol will combine several types of measurements: 1) behavioral (psychophysical) assessments, 2) functional neuroimaging recordings (fMRI), and 3) eye movement recordings using an eye-tracker. Once the protocol is established, the researcher will be in charge of collecting the data, analyzing it, and interpreting the results.
Activities
– Development of an experimental protocol to study motion processing and perception in patients with macular degeneration and in control participants (main task)
– Psychophysical testing, functional neuroimaging (fMRI), and eye-tracking measurements (main task)
– Data analysis (main task)
– Interpretation of results (main task)
– Dissemination of findings through the writing of scientific articles (main task)
Skills
– Strong background in visual neuroscience and neuropsychology
– Genuine interest in clinical research and patient interaction
– Proficiency in French (essential for working with patients)
– Good command of English
– Experience with neuroimaging techniques (particularly fMRI)
– Experience with eye-tracking measurements
Work Context
The Centre for Brain and Cognition Research (CerCo) is a joint research unit of the CNRS and the University of Toulouse (EPE) and is part of the Toulouse Mind and Brain Institute (TMBI). CerCo's scientific objectives focus on the study of various sensory modalities and their integration, as well as cognitive functions such as memory, object recognition, consciousness, and mental states. The host team, SV3M (see: https://cerco.cnrs.fr/spatial-vision-in-man-monkey-machine/), specializes in the study of the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying spatial vision. Toulouse is a university city offering a high quality of life, located in the southwest of France, close to the Pyrenees, Spain, and the Mediterranean Sea.