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[Judy Ripton]

Applications are invited for a two-year research assistantship in The 
Brain and Vision Laboratory, department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 
University of Rochester, to work on a project designed to study the 
effects of video game playing on visual and cognitive skills 
(www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/daphne/). The position will involve a 
number of responsibilities including designing/programming experiments, 
scheduling/testing subjects, analyzing data (behavioral, eye tracking 
and brain imaging-MRI), and doing secretarial duties. It is an excellent 
position for those interested in gaining experience in the field before 
entering a graduate program.
Qualified applicants will have: 1)A BA/BS in a natural science; 
2)Previous experience in programming (the majority of the programming in 
the lab is done in MATLAB, but other languages such as JAVA or C++ are 
also acceptable), 3) knowledge of statistics.
Interested individuals should send a resume as well the names/contact 
information of three references to Daphne Bavelier – 
daphne at bcs.rochester.edu. Start date flexible.