COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Cognitive Neuroscience
Laboratory, Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia (www.qbi.uq.edu.au), on a 3-year
grant-funded project examining the human mirror system and neural processes underlying the
perception of actions and gestures.
The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will play a leading role in designing, implementing, conducting
and writing-up experiments in close collaboration with Prof Jason Mattingley, A/Prof Ross
Cunnington and Dr Mark Williams. Applicants must have a PhD in psychology, neuroscience or a
related area and strong research experience in human cognitive neuroscience. Experience in
conducting research using fMRI, EEG, MEG, or TMS methods is essential. Applicants with a record
of publication in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals will be particularly favoured.
The Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory is one of the leading centres for cognitive neuroscience
research in Australia, founded jointly between the Queensland Brain Institute and School of
Psychology, University of Queensland in January 2007. We have dedicated facilities for human
functional MRI (3 Tesla and 4 Tesla human MRI scanners), EEG (BioSemi and Neuroscan), and TMS,
with research focusing on attention, action, and executive functioning in normal populations, as
well as in neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions.
For a full position description and application procedure, see the QBI web page
(www.qbi.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=14071) or contact Ms Helen Staunton
([log in to unmask]).
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Ross Cunnington
School of Psychology & Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Ph: +61 7 3346 6330
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