XAVIER JOB (PHD -Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow)
Short Bio. Xavier completed his bachelor's degree in Psychology at the University of Surrey (UK), followed by a master's degree in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at Goldsmiths, University of London (UK) where he also completed his PhD in Psychology. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Sorbonne University (France) from 2018 to 2020 before joining Konstantina Kilteni’s group as a postdoc at the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute (Sweden).
Research. Xavier's research investigates sensory perception and motor processes. He uses a combination of methods including psychophysics and EEG to understand how our own motor actions affect the spatial and temporal profile of sensory perception. He is particularly interested in understanding how motor control processes can either facilitate or attenuate tactile perception. He also uses tactile display technology to investigate illusions in touch as well as spatial perspective-taking abilities.
Contact. xavier.job@ki.se
Sample Publications
Job, X., & Kilteni, K. (2023). Action does not enhance but attenuates predicted touch. eLife 12:e90912
Timar, L., Job, X., Orban de Xivry, J. J., & Kilteni, K. (2023). Aging exerts a limited influence on the perception of self-generated and externally generated touch. Journal of Neurophysiology.
Asimakidou, E., Job, X. and Kilteni, K., 2022. The positive dimension of schizotypy is associated with a reduced attenuation and precision of self-generated touch. Schizophrenia, 57 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-022-00264-6
Job, X., Golemme, M., Bhattacharya, J., Cappelletti, M., de Fockert, J., & van Velzen, J. (2019). The influence of motor preparation on the processing of action-relevant visual features. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-13.
Job, X. E., Brady, D., de Fockert, J. W., Luft, C. D. B., Hill, E. L., & van Velzen, J. (2019). Adults with probable developmental coordination disorder selectively process early visual, but not tactile information during action preparation. An electrophysiological study. Human Movement Science, 66, 631-644.