Please see the following job opportunity:
Research Officer
Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience
School of Psychology
Starting Salary: £29,704 p.a. (on Grade 7)
Applications are invited for the above postdoctoral position in social cognitive
neuroscience. This position is to work on a research grant awarded to
Professor David Linden jointly with Professor Thomas Mussweiler of the
University of Cologne, Germany. This grant is funded by the ESRC through their
bilateral programme with the German Research Council (DFG). The aim of the
project is to investigate the neural substrates of social comparison, one of the
most pervasive cognitive processes humans engage in. The work will involve
the adaptation of paradigms from social psychology research for functional
imaging and the acquisition and analysis of behavioural and imaging data. The
successful candidate will work closely with the research officer in the Cologne
team. Professor Mussweiler’s group in Cologne is internationally leading in the
fields of social judgement, stereotyping and decision making: http://social-
cognition.uni-koeln.de/.
The ideal candidate would have a PhD in cognitive neuroscience or a related
field, experience with stimulus programming and functional magnetic resonance
imaging and an interest in the application of these skills to current topics in
social psychology.
This is a full-time position, the successful candidate will be expected to start
as soon as possible and the post is available until May 2011.
The School of Psychology in Bangor, Wales was confirmed in the 2008
Research Assessment Exercise in the top 10 psychology research departments
in the UK, gaining a 100% score for the international excellence of its research
environment (including PhD research). It offers an exciting research
environment with a dynamic and growing imaging group. Further details of the
School, including our extensive research facilities (3T MRI, ERP, MRI-guided
TMS), can be found under http://www.psychology.bangor.ac.uk/.
The University is situated on the northern coastline of Wales in an area of
outstanding natural beauty within a few miles of the Snowdonia Mountains
National Park and several quiet beaches. Bangor has direct rail connections to
London (3 hours) and Manchester (2 hours).
Application forms and further particulars should be obtained by contacting
Human Resources, Bangor University; tel: (01248) 382926/388132; e-mail:
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Please quote reference number 09-8/146 when applying.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 1st July, 2009.
For an informal discussion about this post, potential applicants are invited to
contact Prof. David Linden, tel: (01248) 382564, e-mail:
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