TILBURG UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
Tilburg University is a modern, specialized university. The teaching and
research of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences are organized
around the themes of Health, Organization, and Relations between State,
Citizen, and Society. The faculty’s inspiring working environment
challenges its workers to realize their ambitions; involvement and
cooperation are essential to achieve this.

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH
The teaching and research at the Department of Psychology and Health
focuses on the influence of psycho-social factors on the health of
individuals. The Department encompasses the disciplines of Clinical Health
Psychology, Clinical Child and Childhood Psychology, Cognitive
Neuroscience, and Medical Psychology.

In the section Cognitive Neuroscience, we have a vacancy for a

PhD (M/F), 1.0 fte, for a period of 1+3 years
Job number 400.06.19

TITEL PROJECT
Functional neuroanatomy of emotional body language

REQUIREMENTS
We are looking for people with a passion for neuroscience and a specific
interest in visual and emotional processing, visual attention and search,
and eye-movements, and who are eager to apply state-of-the-art imaging
technologies to answer the above questions. Experience in neuro-imaging and
psychophysics, programming skills (in particular Matlab), good oral and
writing skills, are all considered important. The project is embedded in
and offers numerous possibilities for scientific interactions with other
groups throughout Europe and the US. Salaries and benefits are according to
Dutch standards and commensurate on experience. PhD positions are for four
years, with an evaluation after the first year.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Tilburg University is among the top of the Dutch employers and has an
excellent policy concerning terms of employment. The job is initially for
one year, but the purpose is to extend the contract with three years,
depending on the performance in the first year. The gross salary starts
with € 1933,- (full-time) per month in the first year, up to € 2472,- in
the last year.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION
More information about Tilburg University can be found at
http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/. You can also contact the initiator of
this project, Prof. dr. B.L.M.F. de Gelder (Department of Psychology and
Health) FSW, Tilburg University; tel. 013-4662495 (or 013-4663203,
secretary) or email: [log in to unmask]
The closing date for applications is November, 27th, 2006. Your
application, including a curriculum vitae should be submitted to drs. M.
van Ieperen, managing director of FSW, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153,
5000 LE, Tilburg, the Netherlands, or: [log in to unmask] (please print job
number 400.06.19 on the envelop). The first interviews will take place in
the first week of December.