Center for Cognitive Neurocience, Lyon,
France.
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral
position to
study social decision making using model-based fMRI in healthy
subjects and intracranial
recordings in patients with epilepsy. Our research group combines
multimodal
neuroimaging with computational modelling to characterize the
neural mechanisms
underlying human social decision making. The focus of the
project will be to
unravel the neural correlates of social decision making using probabilistic
representations
of other’s intentions. We will use such approach to model ways
in which we
predict hypothetical action outcomes, the intentions of others
and whether the
other is cooperative or competitive. This will be implemented by
parallel models
and experiments using multimodal intracranial recordings and
fMRI in humans to
exploit maximally the experimental advantages of each technic. Candidates
must have
(or nearing completion of) a PhD degree in neuroscience, social
psychology,
behavioral economics, computational neuroscience or a related
discipline.
Candidates must have previous practical experience and working
knowledge of
human neuroimaging (EEG and/or model-based fMRI). The candidate
must also have
working knowledge of experimental statistics, signal processing
and excellent
programming skills in Matlab. Previous experience in
simultaneous EEG/fMRI
experiments, advanced multivariate data analysis and
computational modelling is
desirable but not required. The institute of Cognitive Science is located in Lyon,
France, a
thriving universitary city. The institute hosts an
interdisciplinary neuroscience
community with access to several brain imaging facilities, such
as one
research-dedicated 3T scanner, MEG, TEP, intracranial EEG in
patients with
epilepsy and other useful resources (http://dreherteam.cnc.isc.cnrs.fr/en/).
This
post is available immediatly, for up to three years. Salary will
be commensurate
with experience and qualifications according to CNRS scales. Candidates should
send their CV,
statement of research interests, representative publications,
and contact
information
of two references to
Jean-Claude Dreher, email: dreher@isc.cnrs.fr
-- Dr Jean-Claude Dreher, Research director, CNRS UMR 5229 Neuroeconomics group, Reward and decision making Centre de Neurosciences Cognitives 67 Bd Pinel, 69675 Bron, France tel: 00 33 (0)4 37 91 12 38 fax: 00 33 (0)4 37 91 12 10 http://dreherteam.cnc.isc.cnrs.fr/en/