Maximum Salary: € 2,612 gross/month
Vacancy number: 30.03.09
Closing date: 30 May 2009
Job description
The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour currently has a vacancy at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging for a PhD student to work on the project “Predictive Mechanisms in Perception”. The goal of this project is to investigate how the brain implements predictions in visual perception. Prediction is essential for virtually all aspects of human cognition: we are continuously anticipating what we will hear, see, and feel next. Examples of prediction can be seen in many domains such as motor control (e.g. catching a ball), language (e.g. resolving ambiguity in the speech signal) and visual perception (e.g. recognizing the cat behind the tree). However, it is still largely unknown how the brain implements these predictive mechanisms. We will make use of behavioural experiments in healthy participants and state-of-the-art psychophysical/neuroimaging methods (MEG, fMRI, TMS, eye tracking) to investigate how predictions influence visual perception.
The successful PhD candidate will work at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, which is part of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (http://www.ru.nl/donders/). This is an internationally renowned centre for cognitive neuroimaging, which currently hosts more than 100 PhD students and post-docs from many different nationalities. We offer a unique, multidisciplinary working and learning environment with possibilities to develop expertise in a diversity of research areas and techniques.
Requirements
The ideal candidate for this position has a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a field related to cognitive neuroscience (e.g., experimental/cognitive psychology, biology, artificial intelligence). However, excellent candidates from other backgrounds will also be considered.
Programming skills (e.g., Matlab) and demonstrable prior experience in scientific research are highly desirable.
Organization
The Donders Institute is part of Radboud University Nijmegen (http://www.ru.nl/english/). Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. Situated in the oldest city of the Netherlands, it has nine faculties and enrols over 17,500 students in 107 study programmes. The successful candidate will work in the newly established research group "Prediction and Attention", which has ongoing collaborations with other international research teams (e.g., NeuroSpin, Paris, France and Columbia University, New York, USA).
Website: http://www.ru.nl/donders
Conditions of employment
Maximum employment: 1,0 fte
Maximum salary per month, based on a fulltime employment: € 2,612 gross/month
The gross starting salary is € 2,042 per month and will increase to € 2,612 (fourth year)
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Additional conditions of employment
The candidate will be appointed as a PhD student (1.0 FTE) for a period of 4 years. The candidate’s performance will be evaluated after 18 months. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2½ years.
Candidates should submit a letter of application, including CV and the names of two persons who can provide references.
Additional Information
Dr. Floris de Lange, Jr. PI
E-mail: floris.delange@donders.ru.nl
Application
You can apply for the job (mention the vacancy number 30.03.09) before 30 May 2009 by sending your application -preferably by email- to:
Radboud University Nijmegen, Mrs. Tildie Stijns
P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB NIJMEGEN, NL
Telephone: +31-(0)24-3610651
E-mail: tildie.stijns@donders.ru.nl
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