Post-doc Position in Cognitive Neuroscience: "How Arousal Fluctuations Shape Perception"

Faculteit/Dienst: Faculteit der Maatschappij- & Gedragswetenschappen

Opleidingsniveau: Gepromoveerd

Functie type: Wetenschappelijk Personeel

Sluitingsdatum: 1 October 2024

Vacaturenummer: 13380

• Perform behavioral and/or neuroimaging experiments;
• Gain knowledge of the field through literature survey, discussion with team members, and internal lab meetings;
• Contribute to the design of experiments and perform experiments;
• Analyse and interpret results of experiments;
• Present data at local, national and international scientific meetings;
• Assist in teaching undergraduates and Master’s students and co-supervise junior scientists (technicians, MSc/BSc students);
• Write scientific articles.

• Ph D in Experimental Psychology, (Cognitive) Neuroscience or related fields;
• Good and demonstrable skills in coding in either python, R, or Matlab;
• Good analytical, writing and presenting skills;
• Good project and time management skills enabling you to meet the projects’ deadlines for finishing analyses, reports and other deliverables;
• Eager to learn new things, high conscientiousness, flexibility, and a collaborative attitude;
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken;
• Preferably in-depth knowledge about the topic of consciousness or related topics such as (visual) perception, predictive processing, attention, and perceptual decision making;
• Preferably experience with data acquisition techniques such as eye-tracking, f MRI, or EEG;
• Preferably experience with neuroimaging and eye-tracking (e.g., EEG and f MRI) data analyses (e.g., mvpa decoding analyses, network analyses);
• Preferably experience with computational modelling.

• 232 holiday hours per year (based on fulltime);

• multiple courses to follow from our Teaching and Learning Centre;

• a pension at ABP for which Uv A pays two third part of the contribution;

• the possibility to follow courses to learn Dutch;

• help with housing for a studio or small apartment when you’re moving from abroad.

• Timo Stein, assistant professor t.stein@uva.nl

• a letter of motivation (max 500 words), including a concise statement regarding your fit for the position in light of the abovementioned requirements (max 300 words);
• an academic Curriculum Vitae (no longer than 3 pages). On your CV include the names and email addresses of two references who can provide letters of recommendation, in case necessary later on in the process (no letters of recommendation are necessary at this point);