Woolcock Institute of Medical Research 
Sydney, Australia Sintesi dell’opportunità
The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia, offers a PhD scholarship titled “The Overworked Listening Brain.” The project investigates how effortful listening during the day influences sleep architecture and neurophysiological restoration at night, using EEG, psychoacoustics, and neuroimaging techniques. Students will work with a multidisciplinary supervisory team comprising experts in hearing science, sleep neurophysiology, sleep epidemiology, and cognition from Macquarie University, the National Acoustic Laboratories, and Cochlear Ltd. The role is a salaried PhD position with a focus on sleep, hearing, and cognition research.
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Descrizione del progetto
Summary
PhD opportunity studying sleep, hearing and cognition: study how listening effort affects the brain and sleep using EEG, psychoacoustics and neuroimaging at Macquarie, Woolcock and Cochlear Ltd.
Supervisory Team
- Dr Sriram Boothalingam – Hearing Scientist, Macquarie University and National Acoustic Laboratories
- Associate Professor Angela D’Rozario – Sleep Neurophysiologist, Woolcock Institute and Macquarie University
- Professor Nathaniel Marshall – Sleep Epidemiologist, Woolcock Institute and Macquarie University
- Gabriel Katzeff – Clinical Analyst (Cognition and Hearing), Cochlear Ltd
Synopsis
Using cutting-edge sleep and neuroimaging techniques, the project explores how effortful listening during the day alters sleep architecture and neurophysiological restoration at night.
More Information
Research Scholarship: The Overworked Listening Brain