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RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: The Center for Autism Research is seeking full-time clinical research assistants to participate in cutting-edge neuroimaging studies on normal and abnormal brain development in children and young adults with autism spectrum disorders. RA candidates must have a Bachelor's or Master's Degree and should have a strong background in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, biomedical engineering, computer science, or a related field. Previous experience/knowledge in experimental psychology, autism, cognitive science, statistics, computer programming, and/or functional MRI will be viewed favorably. Minimum commitment is two years. Successful applicants will have opportunities to participate in various clinical and research experiences, including clinical rounds, seminar presentations, and interactions with renowned research scientists, clinicians and postdoctoral fellows. Selected RAs will be trained in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and will work on studies of emotion (e.g., arousal and emotion modulation), social perception (e.g., face perception, prosody perception, mirror neurons), social cognition (e.g., semantic influences on perception, theory of mind), reward processing, or any aspect of socio-emotional functioning potentially related to autism. Daily tasks may vary from the design of experiments, recruitment of subjects/patients, operation of experimental programs and paradigms to the analysis and publication of results. Interested applicants should submit a resume, statement of career interests and objectives, and two names of references with knowledge of your work and/or academic history. Applications may be e-mailed to Meghan Riley at [log in to unmask] or sent to Meghan Riley, Center for Autism Research, 3535 Market Street, Suite 860, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Start date is flexible and review of applications will continue until the position is filled.