Fully supported (Tuition Fees covered; generous stipend) PhD positions at
Nanyang Business School
The Decision and Organizational Lab at Nanyang Technological University
(PI: George Christopoulos; website
https://sites.google.com/site/labdeon/home) seeks PhD student(s)
interested in employing behavioural and experimental methods, cognitive
neuroscience and computational approaches to study basic and applied
aspects of human cognition. Of particular interest are:
Decision making, learning and cognitive flexibility
Social behaviour (trust, cooperation and competition etc.)
The impact of culture and cultural exposure to human cognition
Applied aspects such as the biology of leadership, managerial decision
making and entrepreneurship
Facilities: Our lab is a member of the Culture Science Institute and has
easy access to unparalleled and unique to Singapore facilities for
behavioural testing, including numerous soundproofed testing rooms, rooms
for experimental (group) games, eye-trackers, video recording facilities
and equipment for physiological measures and EEG. In addition, the Lab has
access to fMRI machines in Singapore and elsewhere. Moreover, we maintain
strong connections with laboratories in US, Europe, Japan and China.
Graduate students will be enrolled in the prestigious Nanyang Business
School PhD program, which offers a stipend and excellent training in both
behavioural sciences and business processes (details here:
http://www.nbsphd.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/Home.aspx). NBS is the leading Business
School in Singapore, one of the top in Asia and consistently receives
worldwide high rankings in global lists
(http://www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/Home.aspx). Research-wise the student
will be involved in preparing, designing, running and analyzing behavioral
and human neuroimaging experiments. Besides the standard coursework, the
lab provides hands-on training and support on human neuroimaging and
behavioral sciences.
The student will be encouraged and supported to present his or her
research in conferences and peer-reviewed journals.
Previous exposure to data collection and research (with knowledge of SPPS
or other packages), good computational skills (C++, Matlab, Java) are a
plus.
Please send your CV along with a short research statement (one paragraph)
to G. Christopoulos georchris5 [at] yahoo . c o m
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