Call for Application for Prospective Ph.D. Students
Code: 16167 - Psychology and Social Neuroscience
Research curriculum in Cognitive Social and Affective Neurosciences (CoSAN)
WHAT:
3 three-year funded PhD positions in Cognitive, Social and Affective
Neuroscience (CoSAN) programme (http://www.cosanphd.com)
WHO:
High-motivated applicants with a deep interest in systems neuroscience
and higher-order cognitive, affective and social functions are
encouraged to apply. Preferred Degrees: Psychology, Medicine,
Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Computer graphics, Computer
Science, Biomedical engineering, Statistics, Mathematics
Computer Programming skills are in particularly high demand.
Applications are invited from candidates who:
* hold an Italian diploma di laurea / laurea specialistica / laurea
magistrale in any discipline,
* hold an equivalent second-level degree (generally equivalent to a
Master’s Degree) obtained in any country , in any discipline
* expect to receive their degree award by October 31, 2015
WHERE:
* Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it
* Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome http://www.hsantalucia.it
COORDINATOR OF THE PROGRAM
Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Director of the Social and Cognitive
Neuroscience Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome http://agliotilab.org/
STIPEND: Euro 13.638,47 per year, before taxes
RESEARCH TOPICS:
Neural correlates of cognitive, social and affective processes including:
* Bodily and brain correlates of Intergroup processing, stereotype and
prejudice.
* Joint attention and joint action in healthy and brain damaged people.
* Intention, action and emotion understanding
* Pain perception, empathy for pain, existential neuroscience
* Body awareness and Self-Other distinction in healthy, spinal cord
injured, and brain damaged people
* Embodiment and agency in Immersive virtual reality
RESEARCH TECHNIQUES:
* Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
* Transcranial electric Stimulation (tDCS, tACS)
* Electroencephalography (EEG), including:
o Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEP)
o Laser Evoked Potentials (LEP)
* Infrared Eye-tracking and Motion-tracking
* Thermal Imaging
* Immersive virtual reality (CAVE and Head mounted display)
* Lesion Mapping analysis
* fMRI
HOW:
Admission is based on an evaluation of the skills and aptitude of the
candidate, and the selection procedure includes two steps:
Phase 1. Evaluation of qualifications
Phase 2. On site (or video-conference) interview
WHEN:
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 24/07/2015 11.59 pm CET
HOW TO APPLY:
See http://www.cosanphd.com/ and
http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/bando%20%20inglese.pdf
Phase 1. The outcome of the evaluation will be published on
31/07/2015.
Phase 2. On site interviews will start from 07/09/2015 at 9:00 AM
at the Department of Psychology. It is possible, following motivated
requests, to conduct Phase 2 interview using video-conferencing facilities.
Please, pay attention that the on-site interviews, originally scheduled
on September 17th, will start on September 7th
INFO:
http://www.cosanphd.com/
http://agliotilab.org/
http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/bando%20%20inglese.pdf
http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/bando_31.pdf
CONTACT INFO:
Paola Trussardi (organizational manager) - [log in to unmask]
(administrative requests)
Salvatore M. Aglioti or Emmanuele Tidoni -
[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
(scientific requests)
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