We announce a full-time post-doctoral position for one year, with possibility of extension for up to three years. The position is to be started in August 2016 or as soon as possible. The successful candidate will work in one or both of the following projects:
1. Characterizing the neural correlates of different working memory aspects, including distractibility, precision and capacity. This project will involve applying multivariate decoding methods and encoding models on single subject fMRI data, neural network modelling and psychophysics.
2. Studying cognitive development and cognitive training. This project will involve several or all of the following methods: fMRI, structural MRI, psychophysics.
The post-doc researcher will participate in experimental design, scanning, computer simulations, behavioural testing, analysis and writing of articles.
The work will be conducted at the Department of Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, which is a stimulating and international research environment (www.ki.se/neuroscience). The work will be supervised by Rita Almeida and developed in the group of Professor Torkel Klingberg.
Qualifications
A person is eligible for a position as Postdoctoral Researcher if he or she has obtained a PhD no more than seven years before the last date of employment as postdoc.
A suitable background is a PhD in neuroimaging, cognitive or computational neuroscience. The ideal candidate should have experience in psychophysics and/or neuroimaging analysis (in particular using multivariate pattern analysis) and/or computational modelling. Programming skills and working knowledge of the most common softwares for neuroimaging analysis are highly valued.
Application
Applications should be submitted no later than June 17th, 2016. To apply use the link:
https://ki.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:102306/where:4/
Contact persons:
For further questions please contact:
Rita Almeida
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Professor Torkel Klingberg
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