[visionlist] Research Assistant Position - Human Learning, Video Games and Brain Plasticity, Rochester NY

[Daphne Bavelier]

Research Assistantship -Human Learning, Video Games 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 decision making, cognition 
and transfer of learning (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) 
Some familiarity 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 as the 
names/contact information of three references to Daphne Bavelier - 
daphne at bcs.rochester.edu. A minimum of two years commitment is 
required. Start date: Flexible.
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