The Brain Language Lab is currently seeking two exceptional candidates to join their team as PhD students for the ERC Advanced Grant "Material Constraints Enabling Human Cognition (MatCo)" Project at Freie Universität Berlin. To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please refer to the detailed job offer below. We kindly ask you to share this opportunity with anyone who may be interested and qualified. Assistant Researcher (m/f/d) (PhD student) Freie Universitaet Berlin - Philosophy and Humanities Brain Language Laboratory Third-Party funded project MatCo The ERC Advanced Grant “Material Constraints Enabling Human Cognition (MatCo)” at the Freie Universität Berlin aims to build network models of the human brain that mimic neurocognitive processes involved in language, communication and cognition. A main strategy is to use neural network models constrained by neuroanatomical and neurophysiological features of the human brain in order to explain aspects of human cognition. To this end, neural network simulations are performed and evaluated in neurophysiological and neurometabolic experiments. This neurocomputational and experimental research targets novel explanations of human language and cognition on the basis of neurobiological principles. More information about the project can be found here: www.fu-berlin.de/matco<http://www.fu-berlin.de/matco> Job description: • Simulation studies with neural network models of language and cognition • Preparation, implementation and evaluation of neurocognitive experiments onlanguage and cognition (ECoG, EEG, fMRI) • Tractography analyses and use of their results for optimizing neural models Requirements: • Completed university degree (MA, MSc or equivalent) in a relevant field (e. g., linguistics, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, medicine, informatics) Desirable: • Research experience with biologically constrained neural networks and with network simulations of cognitive processes • Experience in empirical experimental language research • Research experience in the fields of syntax, semantics or pragmatics • Very good programming skills • Good German skills • Very good English skills (minimum level C1) More information and formal job advertisements can be found at www.brainlang.fu-berlin.de/jobs; in case of further questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Friedemann Pulvermüller: friedemann.pulvermuller@fu-berlin.de. Applications should be sent by e-mail, together with significant documents, indicating the reference code, in PDF format (preferably as one document) no later than the 8th of June 2023 to Prof. Dr. Friedemann Pulvermüller: admin@brainlang.fu-berlin.de or postal to Freie Universität Berlin Department of Philosophy and Humanities Brain Language Laboratory Third-Party funded project MatCo Prof. Dr. Friedemann Pulvermüller Habelschwerdter Allee 45 14195 Berlin (Dahlem) With an electronic application, you acknowledge that FU Berlin saves and processes your data. FU Berlin cannot guarantee the security of your personal data if you send your application over an unencrypted connection. Freie Universität Berlin is an equal opportunity employer Best regards, Anna-Thekla Jäger on behalf of the Brain Language Lab