[visionlist] Two post-doctoral research positions in Paris

[FWaszak]

Two*post-doctoral research positions*

are available for *2+1years* in a project funded by the ERC (European 
Research Council). The positions are based at the Laboratoire 
Psychologie de la Perception (*CNRS & Université Paris Descartes, 
*http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=FlorianW). Starting 
date: flexible between November 2012 and March 2013.

*Research Focus*: Humans carry out actions either in response to 
environmental demands, or independently of external input in order to 
achieve their goals. The latter type of action may be referred to as 
intention-based or voluntary. The project studies functional and 
neurophysiological underpinnings of voluntary actions along several axes 
(e.g., neural and functional mechanisms of voluntary action control, 
functional differences between voluntary and stimulus-based action 
control, mechanisms of action-effect learning). The project will 
approach these issues utilizing techniques from psychophysics (e.g., 
signal detection theory) and neurophysiology (EEG, fMRI).

We offer an international research environment where the candidates can 
continually add to their skills through involvement in different lines 
of research. Successful candidates will play a key role in designing / 
realising neuroscientific experiments and in preparing scientific 
publications (scientific articles and presentations at international 
conferences).

Net salary is about 2,000 euros per month, according to French standards.

*Requirement:*Applicants should have a PhD in Psychology, Cognitive 
Science or Neuroscience. Candidates near to completion may also submit 
applications, indicating the expected date of completion.

Further requirements for successful candidates include:

-prior research experience in human cognitive psychology/neuroscience

-publications in scientific journals

-interest in the research field of action control

-strong statistical knowledge

-prior research experience with EEG or modelling is mandatory!

-programming skills

-excellent oral and written English language skills

The application must be supported by a Master's (or qualified 
equivalent) and PhD certificate, a CV, and a personal statement 
explaining the candidate's motivation. Names and email addresses of 
academic referees willing to support the candidate's application are 
very welcome.

Applications are to be submitted in electronic format only and will be 
considered until the positions are assigned. We will start assessing 
applications as of *September 212012*.

Please send your application to:

Florian Waszak (Florian.Waszak at parisdescartes.fr 
<mailto:Florian.Waszak at parisdescartes.fr>and f.waszak at gmx.net 
<mailto:f.waszak at gmx.net>)

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