With the launch of a new ‘NCCR Evolving Language’ (http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/nfs/Faktenblatt_NCCR_evolvinglang…) which involves nearly 40 different research groups from a large variety of disciplines across Switzerland, we seek to fill a PhD position for a four-year project starting in May 2020, or at the selected candidate’s convenience.
Our goal is to make progress in understanding language giftedness from cognitive, psychological and neural perspectives. To this end, we plan to carry out a set of studies involving both behavioral measures of cognitive and language-related abilities (e.g. auditory/perceptual abilities, phonemic perception and production, inductive learning, working memory etc) and brain imaging measures (fMRI and sMRI). The research group involves two PIs (Golestani, Geneva; and Berthele, Fribourg) and a postdoc. Data will be collected with Francophone (mono- and multilingual) subjects.
Applicants should hold an MA degree in psychology, linguistics or a related field (e.g. psycholinguistics, applied linguistics, multillingualism), have a good command French and English and have strong quantitative research and statistics skills. Additional mastery of German and experience with neuroimaging techniques would be a strong advantage.
The NCCR places great emphasis on gender diversity and we particularly encourage women to apply.
Applicants may send a pdf file including a cover letter, a CV, names and contact information of 2-3 references as well as any other relevant documents to Narly.Golestani(a)unige.ch<mailto:Narly.Golestani@unige.ch> and Raphael.berthele(a)unifr.ch<mailto:Raphael.berthele@unifr.ch>.
Deadline for application: March 31 2020
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Brain and Language Lab
Prof. Narly GOLESTANI
Department of Psychology
Campus Biotech
9 Chemin des Mines,
1202 Genève
+41 22 379 53 52
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Postdoctoral research fellow position in Neuroengineering / Computational Neuroscience at The University of Melbourne, Australia
Applications close: 10 Mar 2020 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11)
http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/902247/research-fellow-in-neuroengine…
We are seeking an emerging, self-motivated individual with the ability to work collaboratively with the team, as well as lead their own research activities, to contribute to a multidisciplinary project at the forefront between neuroscience, robotics and artificial intelligence. This is the perfect opportunity for anyone looking to develop a career in research and apply their mathematical skills to neuroscience. This role will work in The Bionics, Biomedical Imaging and Neuroengineering group, comprised of leading internationally recognised researchers. You will work on a multidisciplinary project on perception, navigation and spatial awareness, in which the insights and mechanisms from neuroscience and the modelling of neural systems, particularly of vision and other sensory systems, can be analysed and used to inspire applications in autonomous robots and other artificial systems.
Regards,
Tony Burkitt
Professor Anthony N. Burkitt BSc (Hons) PhD
Chair of Bio-Signals and Bio-Systems
NeuroEngineering Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Melbourne School of Engineering
The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
T: +61 3 90353552 І M: +61 422 960 880 І E: aburkitt(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:aburkitt@unimelb.edu.au>
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