Dear all,

We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join a project in the field of cognitive neuroscience / cognitive modeling. The PhD position is part of the project "Understanding intra- and interindividual variation in human metacognition", involving in particular:

    - Time-resolved neural correlates of confidence (EEG)

    - Computational modeling of confidence

    - Relationship between computational parameters of metacognition and personality

See also: 

     https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/550113793?language=en

Requirements:

    - Master degree in psychology, (cognitive/computational) neuroscience, computer science, physics or related subject

    - Good to very good programming skills (e.g. Python/R/Matlab)

    - Excellent writing and communication skills (English)

In addition, experience in one or more of the following fields is beneficial:

    - EEG

    - Cognitive modeling

    - Experience in metacognition / confidence research

    - Open science (preregistration, open code, etc)

    - Web-based experiments

Location:

    Health and Medical University Potsdam

    Institute for Mind, Brain and Behavior

    https://www.health-and-medical-university.de/

What we offer:

    - An exciting area of research.

    - Secure PhD funding for 3 years (65% position).

    - Work at a lovely location in Potsdam, just south-west of Berlin (close to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof).

    - Benefit from a flourishing neuroscience community in and around Berlin.

PI / Supervisor:

    Matthias Guggenmos

    Professor for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience    

    Health and Medical University Potsdam

    Institute for Mind, Brain and Behavior    

    https://coconeuro.github.io/

    

Please send your application (motivation + CV) in one pdf file (English or German) to:

    matthias.guggenmos@hmu-potsdam.de

Please feel free to use this email address for any questions prior to a potential application.

Deadline: July 15th 2025

Start of the position: August - October 2025