[visionlist] Job Posting - Research Assistantship - Human Learning, Technology and Brain Plasticity - University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

[Caroline Elliott]

Research Assistantship -Human Learning, Technology and Brain Plasticity
U. of Rochester, Rochester NY

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).  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: Summer 2008.   
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