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Postdoctoral position available "Binge drinking: Cognitive and emotional cerebral processing" A postdoctoral position is available to study the neural mechanisms involved in changes in cognitive and emotional information processing seen in binge drinkers. The position is part of a collaborative project between the University of Picardie Jules Verne (Groupe de Recherche sur l'Alcool et les Pharmacodépendances - GRAP ERI 24; * http://www.u-picardie.fr/decouverte/sante/pagesliees/grap/*<http://www.u- picardie.fr/decouverte/sante/pagesliees/grap/>) and the University of Sussex in Brighton (Clinical and Behavioural Neuroscience group in the school of Psychology; http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Psychology/). Experimental methods will include the use of neuropsychological testing, peripheral physiological measures recordings (including skin conductance, heart and respiratory rate; BIOPAC system) and functional neuroimaging (fMRI 3T/1.5T) as well as Electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings (high density EEG 128 channels; Neuroscan), and possibly simultaneous EEG/fMRI recording. Candidates should be highly motivated, manifest a strong interest for cognitive, affective, social neurosciences and neurology, and should have a good command of both English and French languages. Researched skills are: - Computing skills in Matlab and e-prime as well as in neuroimaging data analysis softwares (SPM for fMRI and Cartool/BrainVisionAnalyzer/EEG Lab for EEG data); - Strong interest in psychology and cognitive neurosciences. The successful candidate will be positioned between Brighton and France for successive periods of six months to conduct the same experiments at both sites. Experiments will be conducted in a longitudinal approach to investigate how binge drinking often seen in young adults influences cognitive and emotional functions. The project is generously funded by a postdoctoral stipend from the Regional Council of Picardie (www.cr-picardie.fr) for two years. Salary amount is 1818.60 euros/month. Applications, including CV, list of publications, letters of recommendations and statement of interests should be sent by email to the three following addresses: Harold Mouras ([log in to unmask]); Theodora Duka ( [log in to unmask]); Mickaël Naassila ([log in to unmask]). The search begins today and closes when the position is filled. For any complementary information, please feel free to contact any of the three contact people --