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Preparations for the 5th Annual Society for the Neurobiology
of Language Conference are kicking into high gear! The
Conference is an exciting opportunity to meet and reconnect with
colleagues from around the globe, while learning about the latest
research in the specialized field of the neurobiology of language.
This year's venue, the Westin San Diego,
is located in the heart of the city and is home to more than 200
restaurants, coffeehouses and nightclubs.
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Student
Volunteer Opportunity
Student
(pre-doctoral) volunteers are needed at the conference, to assist in
a variety of jobs, including preparing attendee packets,
monitoring meeting room doors, checking in pre-registrants, and
answering questions at the Registration Desk. Being a student
volunteer is a great way to save money. For only six hours of work,
students will receive free registration.
Student
volunteer applications are being accepted through Friday, August 30th.
All student volunteers must be SNL members. For more
information on how to apply, go to Volunteer Application.
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Early Registration
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Call
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This is an one of many ways for members to actively participate
in making SNL a successful, rewarding Society. Click here to view the
current Board.
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October 6th, OR until the rooms are sold out! Don't get
caught without a room, make your reservations
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Call For Papers--"Multisensory And Sensorimotor
Interactions In Speech Perception"
We
welcome contributions to our Frontiers Research Topic:
"Multisensory and sensorimotor interactions in speech
perception"
Topic
Editors:
Kaisa
Tiippana, University of Helsinki, Finland
Jean-Luc
Schwartz, CNRS, France
Riikka
Mottonen, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Deadline
for abstract submission: 01 Oct 2013
Deadline
for full article submission: 03 Feb 2014
Description:
Speech is
multisensory since it is perceived through several senses. Audition is
the most important one as speech is mostly heard. The role of vision
has long been acknowledged since many articulatory gestures can be seen
on the talker's face. Sometimes speech can even be felt by touching the
face. The best-known multisensory illusion is the McGurk effect, where
incongruent visual articulation changes the auditory percept. The
interest in the McGurk effect arises from a major general question in
multisensory research: How is information from different senses
combined? Despite decades of research, a conclusive explanation for the
illusion remains elusive. This is a good demonstration of the
challenges in the study of multisensory integration.
Speech is
special in many ways. It is the main means of human communication, and
a manifestation of a unique language system. It is a signal with which
all humans have a lot of experience. We are exposed to it from birth,
and learn it through development in face-to-face contact with others.
It is a signal that we can both perceive and produce. The role of the
motor system in speech perception has been debated for a long time.
Despite very active current research, it is still unclear to which
extent, and in which role, the motor system is involved in speech
perception. Recent evidence shows that brain areas involved in speech
production are activated during listening to speech and watching a
talker's articulatory gestures. Speaking involves coordination of
articulatory movements and monitoring their auditory and somatosensory
consequences. How do auditory, visual, somatosensory, and motor brain
areas interact during speech perception? How do these sensorimotor
interactions contribute to speech perception?
It is
surprising that despite a vast amount of research, the secrets of
speech perception have not yet been solved. The multisensory and
sensorimotor approaches provide new opportunities in solving them.
Contributions to the research topic are encouraged for a wide spectrum
of research on speech perception in multisensory and sensorimotor
contexts, including novel experimental findings ranging from
psychophysics to brain imaging, theories and models, reviews and
opinions.
For more
information on how to submit your abstract and manuscript:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Language_Sciences/researchtopics/Multisensory_and_sensorimotor_/1721
Call For Papers-- "The Cognitive And Neural
Organisation Of Speech Processing"
In
collaboration with Frontiers in Psychology, we are organising a
Research Topic titled "The cognitive and neural organisation of
speech processing". We welcome contributions from SNL
members.
Title: The
cognitive and neural organisation of speech processing
Editors:
Patti
Adank(p.adank@ucl.ac.uk),
Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, UCL, UK.
Sonja
Kotz(kotz@cbs.mpg.de), Max
Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Bran Sciences, Germany.
Carolyn
McGettigan (carolyn.mcgettigan@rhul.ac.uk),
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, UK.
Deadlines:
Abstract
on 1 Oct 2013
Article
on 1 March 2014
Description:
Speech
production and perception are some of the most complex actions humans
perform. Speech processing is studied across various fields and using a
wide variety of research approaches. These fields include, but are not
limited to, (socio)linguistics, cognitive psychology, neurophysiology,
and cognitive neuroscience. Research approaches range from behavioural
studies to neuroimaging techniques such as MEG/EEG and fMRI, as well as
neurophysiological approaches, including recording of MEPs, TMS.
Each of
these approaches provides valuable information about specific aspects
of speech processing. Behavioural testing can inform about the nature
of the cognitive processes involved in speech processing, neuroimaging
methods show where (fMRI and MEG) in the brain these processes take
place and/or elucidate on the time-course of activation of these brain
areas (EEG and MEG), while neurophysiological methods (MEPs and TMS)
can assess critical involvement of brain regions in the cognitive
process. Yet, what is currently unclear is how speech researchers can
combine methods such that a convergent approach adds to theory/model
formulation, above and beyond the contribution of individual component
methods? We expect that such combinations of approaches will
significantly forward theoretical development in the field.
Researchers
in speech science are starting to converge methods. For instance, TMS
and fMRI have been combined to establish the functional localisation
and specific functional role in naming in aphasia patients, and
manipulation of speech production has been used to test hypotheses
about the neural organisation of speech perception. We think these
combinations of approaches are extremely interesting and would welcome
a discussion on how research methods can best be combined and used in
the development of models of speech processing that make predictions
about the cognitive processes and neural substrates associated with
listening and speaking.
This
research topic explores the cognitive and neural organisation of speech
processing, including speech production and perception at the level of
individual speech sounds, syllables, words, and sentences. We invite
original research and review articles covering these topics in the
context of human studies, with a view to further elucidate the neural
and cognitive mechanisms that together make up the human speech
processing system. Although we are especially interested in papers that
report on research using convergent methods to study speech processing,
with the aim of constructing a theory/model of speech processing, any
submission that can make a link to our central theme is welcome. Our
goal is to use findings from a variety of disciplines, perspectives,
and approaches to gain a more complete picture of the organisation of
speech processing.
The idea
behind a research topic is to create an organised, comprehensive
collection of several contributions, as well as a forum for discussion
and debate. Contributions can be articles describing original research,
methods, hypothesis & theory, opinions, etc.
We have
created a homepage on the Frontiers website (section "Frontiers in
Human Neuroscience") where all articles will appear after
peer-review and where participants in the topic will be able to hold
relevant discussions, see here also for more informaitons and
information on how to submit an abstract:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/researchtopics/The_cognitive_and_neural_organ/1886
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Autumn
School--Methods For Studying Sentence Comprehension, Nov 14-17, Trento,
Italy
Methods
in language comprehension: New methods for studying sentence
comprehension in Cognitive Science, Behavioral Science and Neuroscience.
Rovereto, Italy, November 14-17, 2013. University of Trento
Applications
are now open for a four-day autumn school that will cover new methods
of data analysis in sentence comprehension and expose participants to
cutting-edge methods for analyzing language data collected with
behavioral and neuroscientific methods. The school's instructors
are experts in corpus based analysis, EEG, ERP and fMRI methods as
applied to complex language inputs. Each will present a
theoretical module and either supervise data analysis sessions or
discuss data analysis issues. The target audience is graduate
students and post-docs involved in studying language comprehension
using corpus-based tools, electrophysiology, fMRI or combinations of
these techniques.
Extended
information on the program, costs, application procedures and deadlines
is available on the school's website:
http://www.unitn.it/ateneo/evento/30237/autumn-school-methods-in-language-comprehension
Instructors:
1.
Marcel Bastiaansen (Breda University & Max Planck Institute
for Psycholinguistics)
2.
Stefan Frank (Radboud University & University College
London)
3.
Gina Kuperberg (Tufts University & Massachusetts General
Hospital)
4.
Jeremy Skipper (Hamilton College & University College London)
Organizing
Committee (from the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences and
the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences: CIMeC of the University of Trento):
Giovanna Egidi, Uri Hasson, Remo Job, Francesco Vespignani, and Roberto
Zamparelli.
Call For
Papers--"The Metaphorical Brain"
We
are currently organizing a Research Topic at Frontiers in Human
Neuroscience, and we welcome contributions from SNL members.
Research
Topic Title: The Metaphorical Brain
Topic
Editors: Vicky T. Lai, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics,
Netherlands, Seana Coulson, University of California at San Diego,
USA
Description:
Metaphor has been an issue of intense research and debate for decades.
Researchers in various disciplines, including linguistics, psychology,
computer science, education, and philosophy have developed a variety of
theories, and much progress has been made. For one, metaphor is no
longer considered a rhetorical flourish that is found mainly in
literary texts. Rather, linguists have shown that metaphor is a
pervasive phenomenon in everyday language, a major force in the
development of new word meanings, and the source of at least some
grammatical function words. Indeed, one of the most influential
theories of metaphor involves the suggestion that the commonality of
metaphoric language results because cross-domain mappings are a major
determinant in the organization of semantic memory, as cognitive and
neural resources for dealing with concrete domains are recruited for
the conceptualization of more abstract ones. Researchers in cognitive
neuroscience have explored whether particular kinds of brain damage are
associated with metaphor production and comprehension deficits, and
whether similar brain regions are recruited when healthy adults
understand the literal and metaphorical meanings of the same words.
Whereas early research on this topic focused on the issue of the role
of hemispheric asymmetry in the comprehension and production of
metaphors, in recent years cognitive neuroscientists have argued that metaphor
is not a monolithic category, and that metaphor processing varies as a
function of numerous factors, including the novelty or conventionality
of a particular metaphoric expression, its part of speech, and the
extent of contextual support for the metaphoric meaning. Moreover,
recent developments in cognitive neuroscience point to a sensorimotor
basis for many concrete concepts, and raise the issue of whether these
mechanisms are ever recruited to process more abstract domains.
In order
to promote the development of the neuroscientific investigation of
metaphor, this Frontiers Research Topic aims at bringing together
contributions from researchers in cognitive neuroscience and related
fields, whose work involves the study of metaphor in language and thought.
Specifically, this special issue will adopt an interdisciplinary
perspective on the cognitive and neural basis of metaphor production
and comprehension. Here, an important focal point will be to
characterize the underlying processes and mechanisms involved in
metaphoric language and identify their relationship, if any, to those
involved in the organization of semantic memory. For this Research
Topic, we, therefore, solicit original research articles, reviews,
opinion and method papers, that investigate the cognitive neuroscience
of metaphor. While focusing on work in the neurosciences, this Research
Topic also welcomes contributions in the form of behavioral studies,
psychophysiological investigations, methodological innovations,
computational approaches, along with developmental and patient studies
that revisit established findings and explore new questions about the
neural basis of metaphor.
This
Frontiers Special Issue will synthesize current findings on the
cognitive neuroscience of metaphor, provide a forum for voicing novel
perspectives, and promote new insights into the metaphorical brain.
Deadline
for abstract submission: 01 Sep 2013
Deadline
for full article submission: 01 Apr 2014
For more
information and for submitting your abstract, please visit:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/researchtopics/The_Metaphorical_Brain/1795
International
Conference on Multilingualism: Linguistic Challenges and
Neurocognitive Mechanisms
24-25
October 2013 (Thursday and Friday)
Hosted by
McGill University in Montreal, Canada
Conference
Website: http://multilingualism.conference.mcgill.ca
The
conference examines recent advances in our understanding of
multilingualism, including simultaneous bilingualism, language learning
mechanisms, sign language, transfer effects, brain plasticity and
critical periods, providing a critical overview of current developments
in this field. Another important goal of this conference is to
facilitate and inspire the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas among
researchers and students from different backgrounds, and to promote
collaborative research projects in the future.
Invited
Speakers:
Manuel
Carreiras (BCBL, Spain)
Harald
Clahsen (University of Potsdam)
Holger
Hopp (University of Mannheim)
Sonja
Kotz (University of Manchester + MPI)
Rachel
Mayberry (University of California, San Diego)
Silvina
Montrul (University of Illinois)
Eric
Pakulak (University of Oregon)
Elin
Thordardottir (McGill University)
The
conference is also part of a number of events celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the School of Communication
Sciences and Disorders (SCSD) at McGill. You will have opportunities to
visit the research facilities of the School as well as the interdisciplinary Centre
for Research on Brain, Language and Music that brings together top
scientists from all four universities in Montreal.
Last but
not least - Montreal is one of the most vibrant multilingual
cities in the world ! You may wish to stay an extra day or two
to experience 'applied multilingualism', Montreal's famous cuisine, and
the city's multi-faceted cultural life.
For
further information please visit our Conference
Website: http://multilingualism.conference.mcgill.ca
51st
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Lucerne, Switzerland
This year
marks the 51st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia which will be
held in Lucerne, Switzerland from October 20-22, 2013.
We are
pleased to announce that Stanislas Dehaene will be this year's luncheon
speaker. Dr. Dehaene is Professor and Chair of Experimental Cognitive
Psychology at the College dč France and Director of the
INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit in France. Further
information about Dr. Dehaene can be found at: http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/en-stanislas-dehaene/
The
meeting will be held at Hotel Continental Park in Lucerne, Switzerland.
For more
information about the conference location, please refer to the Academy
website:
http://www.academyofaphasia.org/. Information
will be posted as it becomes available.
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Faculty
& Instructor Positions
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Assistant Professor Position--University of California,
Irvine
The
Department of Cognitive Sciences (www.cogsci.uci.edu)
at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is seeking applicants for
a tenure-track assistant professor faculty position, Assistant
Professor in Language. We seek candidates who combine a strong
background in theoretical linguistics (including phonology, morphology,
syntax, and semantics) with the empirical, developmental, or
computational study of language (e.g., psycholinguistic, computational
and mathematical modeling, or neurolinguistic approaches).
The
successful candidate will interact with a dynamic and growing community
in cognitive, computational, neural, and developmental sciences within
the Department, the Center for Language Science, and the Center for
Cognitive Neuroscience. Individuals whose interests mesh with those of
the current faculty and who will contribute to the university's active
role in interdisciplinary research and teaching initiatives will be
given preference.
Interested
candidates should apply online at: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF01972
with a cover letter indicating primary research and teaching interests,
CV, three recent publications, and three letters of recommendation.
Application
review will commence on November 1, 2013, and continue until the
position is filled.
The
University of California has an active career partners program, is an
Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence through diversity,
and has an Advance (NSF) program for gender equity.
Canada Research Chair Tier II Appointment--Department of
Psychology, Queen's University
The Department of Psychology at Queen's University
invites applications for a Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC) in
Cognitive Neuroimaging. The appointment will be a tenure-track
position at the level of Assistant Professor. Information about the CRC
program can be found at http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/.
The starting date is 1 January 2015, or as soon as possible
thereafter. Applications will be accepted until 30 September 2013, or
until the position is filled.
We seek
an outstanding researcher who uses neuroimaging to investigate the
neural mechanisms underlying human thought processes in any area of
learning, memory, attention, language, motor control, perception, or
decision-making. Expertise in state-of-the-art analysis methods would
be considered to be a strong asset. Queen's has a 3T Siemens Trio MRI
facility that is dedicated to research and the Department has excellent
facilities for interdisciplinary research through its links with the
Queen's Centre for Neuroscience Studies, the Queen's Biological
Communication Laboratory, and the High Performance Computing Virtual
Laboratory.
The
successful candidate must hold a Ph.D. in psychology, neuroscience,
cognitive science or a related discipline. The successful candidate
must have a high-quality research program and will be expected to
provide first-rate instruction within our undergraduate and graduate
programs, and to supervise undergraduate and graduate students.
Decisions will be made on the basis of demonstrated research and
teaching excellence, complementarity of research interests with
existing strengths, and potential for effective collegial service.
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
All
qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian
citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given
priority. The academic staff at Queen's are governed by a
collective agreement between Queen's University Faculty Association
(QUFA) and the University, which is posted at
http://www.queensu.ca/provost/faculty/facultyrelations/qufa/collectiveagreement.html
The
University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's
University is committed to employment equity and diversity in the
workplace and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities,
aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual
orientation or gender identity.
Please
send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, copies of recent
publications, and letters from three referees to Dr. R. Beninger, Head,
Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L
3N6. Tel (613) 533-2492; fax (613) 533-2499; e-mail: psychead@queensu.ca
Open-Rank Position in Higher-Level Language
Processes--Department of Psychology and Learning Research and
Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh
The
Department of Psychology and the Learning Research and Development
Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh seek to fill an open-rank
position in higher-level language processes, pending budgetary
approval. Applicants are expected to currently hold appointments as
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, although
applications from post-doctoral non-faculty researchers are welcome.
The
Psychology Department (http://www.psychology.pitt.edu)
is committed to excellence in research and in teaching at both the
graduate and undergraduate levels. The Department has 36 tenure-stream
faculty and houses five graduate training programs: Biological and
Health, Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Social, as well as
cross-program training opportunities. The interdisciplinary nature of
psychological science is reflected in both faculty research interests
and training opportunities afforded to graduate students.
LRDC (http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/) is an
interdisciplinary research center that brings together researchers from
several disciplines (e.g., Psychology, Education, Computer Science)
whose work on human cognition and learning, effective schooling and
training, and educational policy includes laboratory (behavioral, ERP,
eye-tracking, MEG, and fMRI) and classroom settings. LRDC is committed
to both basic and applied research that connects to the cognitive,
motivational, and social bases of learning, and to the use of research
in improving education practice and policy.
The
successful candidate will demonstrate a rigorous research program in
language and/or reading, broadly construed. This research program
should complement LRDC's current research programs in basic and
comparative (cross-language) reading processes, vocabulary learning,
sentence comprehension, second language learning, language-based
reasoning, and language in learning technology (http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/readlab).
The
specific research area is open and might include reading/higher-level
language, the role of language/reading processes in reasoning,
problem-solving or argumentation. Research that includes a
computational approach to language/reading, a strong quantitative
emphasis, or a focus on minority language learners is especially
welcome. Specific teaching areas are flexible, but a commitment to
effective teaching is required.
Applicants
should apply electronically by sending a cover letter, CV, statement of
research and teaching interests, and up to three papers to cogjob@pitt.edu. In addition, three
letters of recommendation should be sent to this email address with the
applicant's last name and the word "recommendation" in the
subject line.
Review of
applications will begin immediately, with applications completed by
October 15, 2013 receiving full consideration.
Inquiries
regarding the position can be addressed to the co-chairs of the search
committee, Natasha Tokowicz (tokowicz@pitt.edu)
and Tessa Warren (tessa@pitt.edu).
Please include the word "search" in the subject line.
The
University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and
diversity.
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Postdoctoral
Position--Duke University
Applications
are invited for post-doctoral positions using cognitive behavioral and
neuroimaging (fMRI) methods to study cognitive changes in people with
vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Individuals will work with Drs. Heather Whitson, David Madden, Nan-Kuei
Chen, Michele Diaz, and/or Guy Potter.
Our
primary research goals are to understand the cognitive processes that
underlie poor verbal fluency in patients with AMD and to shed light on
the reason(s) for cognitive impairment in this population. We
will obtain data from persons with AMD as well as age-matched control
subjects, and we will examine the relationship between cognitive
behavior and measures of resting-state functional connectivity and
white matter integrity among certain regions in the brain.
State-of-the-art scanning and data analysis facilities are available
and proximally located.
This
position will provide exposure to multidisciplinary, translational
neuroscience and clinical research. The ideal post-doc candidate
would have a strong background in MRI data analysis and programming
and/or cognitive neuroscience research (particularly involving language
or visual pathways). Candidates with experience in both MRI
research as well as cognitive neuroscience are especially encouraged to
apply. The ability to communicate effectively with a
multi-disciplinary team of investigators, staff, and participants is
essential. Salary will be determined by the current NIH postdoctoral
scale.
To apply,
please send a statement of research interests/experience, CV, sample
publications, and at least 3 references to Dr. Heather Whitson (heather.whitson@duke.edu).
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the
position is filled.
Duke is
an Equal-Opportunity/Affirmative-Action Employer. Women and minorities
are encouraged to apply.
Postdoctoral
Fellowship--Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Johns Hopkins
University
The JHU
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory is looking for a postdoctoral fellow
to play a leading role in behavioral and functional neuroimaging
studies concerning a newly-discovered form of reading impairment in
which visual perception is normal, except that letters and/or digits
appear so blurred or distorted that they cannot be identified.
The research will focus on identifying the cognitive and neural
underpinnings of the reading impairment; exploring the implications of
the deficit for understanding normal reading, visual perception, and visual
awareness; and developing effective rehabilitation methods. The fellow
will work under the supervision of Dr. Michael McCloskey.
Starting date is flexible within the period July 2013 through January
2014. Funding is available for two years, contingent upon satisfactory
performance.
Candidates
are expected to have substantial experience with fMRI methods in
cognitive neuroscience of vision and/or reading. Knowledge of
multivariate analysis methods is a plus, as is knowledge about reading
processes and reading deficits, experience with behavioral research
involving cognitively impaired individuals, and experience with design
of ERP experiments.
To apply,
please send a CV, a statement of research interests and experience, 3
letters of recommendation, and up to 3 article reprints/preprints to michael.mccloskey@jhu.edu.
Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.
The Johns
Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
employer, and actively encourages applications from minorities and
women.
Speech
and Brain Research Group, Oxford
Postdoctoral
Research Associate, Speech and Brain Research Group, Oxford
Job
Number 108048
Grade 7:
Ł29,541 - 36,298 pa
http://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/about/jobvacancies/postdoctoral-research-associate-with-dr-riikka-mottonen
The
post-holder will work with Dr. Riikka Möttönen in a Medical Research
Council funded project "Imaging sensorimotor interactions during
speech communication". The research project investigates neural
basis of speech communication using brain imaging (MEG and fMRI) and
brain stimulation (TMS, tDCS) techniques.
Candidates
should hold (or be about to obtain) a doctoral degree in neuroscience,
psychology or in a related field. They should also have a strong
background in cognitive neuroscience research and an interest in neural
basis of speech communication. Prior experience with at least one of
the neuroimaging methods used (MEG or functional MRI) will be
necessary. Experience with brain stimulation (TMS or tDCS) will be
advantageous. Applicants should be able to work independently as well
as co-operate with other members of the research team.
Informal
enquiries can be sent to: riikka.mottonen@psy.ox.ac.uk
The
position is available from 1st September 2013 for one year (with a
possible extension for a further 12 months). The starting date is
flexible.
Closing
date: Midday on 19 July 2013.
Postdoctoral
Positions--Cognitive Neuroscience And Neurorehabilitation, Moss
Rehabilitation Research Institute
Three-year
NIH-funded fellowships are available at the Moss Rehabilitation
Research Institute (MRRI), in collaboration with the University of
Pennsylvania (Penn), for research training in cognitive and motor
neuroscience and neurorehabilitation. This program is designed to
prepare young investigators to adapt emerging theoretical advances to
the development of rehabilitation treatments. Available mentors conduct
patient-oriented research using approaches that utilize behavioral,
computational, imaging, electrophysiologic, and electrical and
pharmacologic neuromodulation methods. We welcome applications from
individuals with a doctorate in psychology, cognitive science,
communication science, kinesiology, movement science, or human
neuroscience, who wish to learn to apply basic science principles to
the study and treatment of behavioral and brain deficits in adult
neurological patients. Applicants must have a track record in research
and an interest in developing an independent research career.
More details,
including a list of available mentors, are available at:
Applications
should be submitted to Kevin Whelihan, Research Administrator, (whelihank@einstein.edu )
and must include:
- a
current CV
- a cover
letter describing research interests and career goals. Given the
translational focus of the training program, applicants should indicate
a preferred primary mentor and, if possible, one or more secondary
mentors who appear to offer the best fit in balancing basic and applied
aspects of the candidate's interests.
- 2-3
letters of reference
Postdoctoral
Position--Cognitive Modeling, CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université
Applications
are invited for a post-doc position on cognitive modeling funded by a
European Research Council Starting Grant led by F.-Xavier Alario.
PROJECT:
The
5-year project LIPS examines the cognitive and neural mechanisms involved
in lexical information processing. The project combines
theoretical cognitive psychology with mental chronometry and
neurophysiological (EEG/MEG) recordings.
The
person hired will be responsible for developing and implementing
quantitative models of response selection. The primary duties will
involve designing computational and statistical models and simulations
that lead to testable predictions, as well as disseminating findings
through journal articles and conference presentations.
REQUIREMENTS:
The
candidates must have (1) A PhD degree obtained in a relevant field of
research, (2) solid demonstrable scientific expertise (i.e. published
articles in international scientific journals), (3) experience in
quantitative models of cognitive processing, especially pertaining to
response selection or decision making (or other comparable
models), (4) extensive programming skills in {R | Matlab | Python
| ...}.
The ideal
candidates are highly motivated and creative individuals, capable of
working independently and in groups. Previous experience with
language processing research is not a requirement, a stated interest
for language research is a plus. The working language is English.
CONDITIONS:
The group
offers a rich and stimulating research environment, with strong
cross-disciplinary interactions and active international
collaborations, in which the selected candidate can expect to
participate. For further information, please visit www.univ-provence.fr/wlpc/alario.
This
position is based in Marseille / Aix-en-Provence. It is intended
to start on September 1st, 2013, but the date is negotiable.
The
position is full time, for 12+12 months, with a gross salary between
30,000 and 43,000 EUR per year (depending on training & experience)
including social benefits and health insurance.
INQUIRIES
& APPLICATIONS:
Please
visit http://gsite.univ-provence.fr/gsite/document.php?pagendx=10248&project=lpc
Postdoctoral Position--Boston/Children's
Hospital/Harvard Medical School
The Gaab
Lab http://childrenshospital.org/research/gaablab
and (babymri.org)) at the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience at
Boston Children's Hospital (Developmental Medicine Center) invites
applications for a NIH funded post-doctoral associate in the area of
developmental cognitive neuroscience/pediatric fMRI.
Available
resources include a 3.0T MRI scanner, a child-friendly Mock scanner and
analysis platforms based in MATLAB/UNIX. The candidate will be expected
to oversee pediatric and infant (f)MRI experiments, analyze behavioral
and fMRI data, prepare manuscripts for publication, and participate in
conferences.
The NIH
and foundation funded projects will focus on language processing in
autism, neural and behavioral pre-markers of developmental dyslexia in
infants and pre-reading children as well as typical reading and
language development throughout childhood. The successful applicant
should have a doctoral degree in a field related to developmental
cognitive neuroscience (e.g., cognitive neuroscience, neuroscience,
psychology, developmental psychology, medicine). Individuals with a
background in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering or
computer science will also be considered. The successful applicant must
possess excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
Applicants are expected to have a very strong research background in
the design and statistical analysis of functional brain-imaging
experiments. Experience with one of the fMRI analyses programs (SPM,
FSL, Freesurfer) a must. Programming skills (MATLAB, C++; Python) are
desirable and experience with MVPA or connectivity analyses a plus.
Experience with pediatric functional neuroimaging and language and
reading research are useful. Approximate start date is Summer/Early
Fall 2013 (the earlier the better). Successful applicants will be
appointed at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.
For
consideration please send a statement of interest, a CV and a list of
three potential referees via email to Nadine Gaab, PhD (nadine.gaab@childrens.harvard.edu).
The search will continue until the position is filled.
Two
Postdoctoral Fellow Positions--College of Education and Human
Development, The University of Delaware
We are
seeking two full time postdoctoral fellows to participate in our new
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) postdoctoral training
program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Two appointments will begin in the fall of 2013, with additional
appointments in following years. These postdoctoral fellowships
present a unique opportunity to participate in a
peer-approved program designed to support the development of
excellent scholars in education research. Fellows will receive
rigorous, interdisciplinary training in one or more of the following
areas:mathematical development and learning, language acquisition and
literacy, learning disabilities,and methodological approaches to the
study of learning and development. Our postdoctoral program targets
competencies related content in education and cognitive science,
research methods, practical knowledge, and outreach to train the
next generation of education researchers. Specific research
projects will be based upon the joint interests of the fellow and the
faculty mentor(s).
The
program brings together a multi-disciplinary research team, including
faculty members with expertise in mathematics development and
learning disabilities, spatial learning, language and literacy,
intervention design, and quantitative methods. The core team includes
Dr. Nancy Jordan, Dr. Roberta Golinkoff, and Dr. Henry May, who
will serve as primary mentors for the fellows.
The
appointments will begin in September 2013. Applicants must possess
their doctoral degree before that date. All qualified U.S.
citizens and permanent residents with doctoral degrees in relevant
disciplines (e.g., education, psychology, cognitive science,
quantitative research methods) will be considered. Salary is set
by IES at $52,500 annually plus benefits. Additionally, each
fellow will receive an annual research and travel allowance of
$9,500.
To Apply:
Applicants should send the following materials to Dr. Nancy Jordan
at njordan@udel.edu: (1) A
letter of interest detailing the applicant's graduation date,
research interests, and areas of competence along with short- and
long-term career goals; (2) Curriculum vitae; (3) Contact
information for three references; and (4) Reprints, preprints, or other
scholarly writing samples. The University of Delaware is an Equal
Opportunity Employer, which encourages applications from minority
group members and women. The University's Notice
of Non-Discrimination can be found at http: //www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html.
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Two PhD
Positions--Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language
(BCBL), San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
The offered positions comprise 4-year contracts as PhD
students in the areas of:
1) Multilingual language comprehension (under the
supervision of Dr. Jon Andoni Duńabeitia) ref. 32123.
2) Lexical access across modalities: signed and spoken
language processing (under the supervision of Dr. Manuel Carreiras)
ref. 31448.
Individuals interested in these PhD positions should
have:
- a strong theoretical and methodological background in
cognitive neuroscience or experimental psychology with a special focus
on psycholinguistics and/or neighboring cognitive neuroscience areas.
- a good level of written and spoken English.
- experience working with a sign language and a command
of (or a willingness to learn) LSE (for project ref. 31448)
For both positions, research experience in the domain of
multilingualism and/or language comprehension, especially with
neuroimaging techniques, will be an asset. Possession of a Master
degree in the area of psycholinguistics or cognitive sciences (or any
other related area) is highly recommended and will be positively
valued.
According to standard Spanish regulations, the salary
for each position will be around 1200 euros per month. The positions
will also be eligible to apply for grants for short-term stays abroad.
As the BCBL is a research center, PhD positions do not involve any
teaching duties.
Candidates should contact Ana Fernández (a.fernandez@bcbl.eu) before August 31st, 2013, attaching a detailed CV,
a brief expression of interest and the contact details of two referees
who could provide letters of recommendation. Please remember to
indicate whether the application corresponds to area (1), (2) or both (giving
the reference numbers provided above). Once initial contact has been
established and a first round of internal evaluations of the
applications has been carried out, the supervisors will contact the
candidates directly with further instructions.
*Deadline August 31st, 2013*
The BCBL (www.bcbl.eu) is a multidisciplinary center that promotes a rich
research environment, providing access to the most advanced behavioral
and neuroimaging techniques (3-T MRI, NiRS, eyetracking, MEG and EEG
labs, and several well-equipped behavioral labs).
Doctoral
Training--The Erasmus Mundus Program "International Doctorate for
Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain" (IDEALAB)
The
Erasmus Mundus Program has been established as an outstanding
3-year doctoral training. Its primary focus is on language acquisition
and disorders integrating interdisciplinary approaches.
Application
will be open from September to November 15th 2013 to start the
programme in September 2014.
Four European
universities (Potsdam (GER),Groningen (NL), Newcastle- upon-Tyne
(GB), Trento/Rovereto (IT)) and one non-European university (Macquarie
University Sydney (AU)) provide an intellectual environment for
original and independent research on experimental and clinical aspects
of language and the brain. Associated members from Research &
Development industries contribute in various ways to the program and
stimulate an innovative environment. They are potential co-supervisors
and are involved in training. Finally, there are seven clinics
associated to the consortium, amongst others the non-European
rehabilitation center in Moscow which is the world's largest centre for
language disorders in the world. The associated clinics provide
internships to study unimpaired as well as impaired language of
children and adults.
The
program is jointly offered by a transnational consortium with an
integrated study program along with required mobility between the
participating institutions. The mobility plan of each individual young
researcher is tailored according to the particular specialities
required by the thesis topic.
The
application period ends on November 15, 2013. Information can be
found at our website:
http://em-idealab.com/index.html
For
further inquiries, please contact:
Anja
Papke
University
of Potsdam
Department
of Linguistics
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
24-25
14476
Potsdam
Tel. +49
331 977-2747
Fax
+49 331 977-2095
info@em-idealab.com
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Research Assistant Positions
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Research
Assistant Position--Duke University
Applications
are invited for a post-baccalaureate position using behavioral and
neuroimaging (fMRI) methods to study cognitive changes in people with
vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Individuals
will work with Drs. Heather Whitson, David Madden, Michele Diaz, and/or
Guy Potter.
Our
primary research goals are to understand the cognitive processes that
underlie poor verbal fluency in patients with AMD and to shed light on
the reason(s) for cognitive impairment in this population. We
will enroll people with AMD as well as age-matched control
subjects. We will examine the relationship between cognitive
behavior and measures of functional connectivity and white matter
integrity among certain regions in the brain. State-of-the-art
scanning and data analysis facilities are available and proximally
located. The job will involve communicating with patients in
person and by telephone, administering neurocognitive batteries and other
study questionnaires, scheduling and assisting with scanning sessions
(MRI), and data entry and management.
The ideal
candidate would have a background in cognitive neuroscience and be able
to commit to at least 2 years of employment. We welcome
experience with programming and/or fMRI data analysis. The ability to
coordinate components of the research project and to communicate
effectively with investigators, staff, and participants is
essential.
To apply,
please send a brief statement of your research interests, experience,
and goals as well as a CV and at least 3 references to Dr. Heather
Whitson (heather.whitson@duke.edu). Review of applications will
begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Duke is
an Equal-Opportunity/Affirmative-Action Employer. Women and minorities
are encouraged to apply.
Lab Manager/Research Assistant Position--Cognitive
Neuroscience, Arizona State University
A
research assistant/lab manager position will soon be available in the
newly formed Communication Neuroimaging and Neuroscience Laboratory
(CoNiLab) at Arizona State University, directed by Dr. Corianne
Rogalsky. This position is an exciting opportunity to be an integral
part of a new research lab. Our research will be devoted to the
cognitive neuroscience of language and music in the healthy and damaged
brain, using techniques including fMRI, DTI, neuropsychological
testing, and high-resolution lesion mapping.
Responsibilities
will include administrative management of the lab, behavioral and fMRI
data collection, contacting and scheduling research participants,
managing institutional review board (IRB) protocols, and data scoring
and analysis. There will be ample opportunities to be heavily involved
in fMRI and behavioral experiment design/programming, fMRI and DTI
analyses, and lesion-symptom mapping analyses. Responsibilities will
also initially include setting up computers, equipment, and procedures
in the new lab. This requires an applicant with strong initiative to
problem solve, be self-sufficient, and efficiently multitask.
Requirements
include spoken and written proficiency in English, a minimum of a
bachelor-level degree (e.g., BA or BS), preferably in psychology,
neuroscience, computer science, or a related field, and willingness to
make a 2-year commitment. Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to
effectively recruit and work with participants (including special
populations), and other members of the lab are essential. Preference
will be given to applicants who also are proficient with the linux
computing environment, are familiar with Matlab, and/or have experience
with neuroimaging analysis software such as AFNI or FSL.
The CoNi
Lab is situated in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at
ASU. ASU is located in Tempe, Arizona, in the metropolitan
Phoenix area, which has a thriving neuroscience and neuroimaging
community including the Mayo Clinic, Barrow Neurological Institute, and
the brand new Imaging Center at Banner Alzheimer's Institute. Tempe
features 330 days of sunshine a year.
Applications
will be reviewed as they are received. The preferred start date is
September 1st, but later start dates will also be considered. If
interested, please email a cover letter (including a description of
research interests, qualifications, future goals, and available start
date), a CV, and contact information for two references to
corianne.rogalsky@asu.edu.
Arizona
State University is an equal opportunity employer.
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