Friday, February 17, 2012

Senior jobs: RESEARCH SENIOR FACULTY POSITIONS at the BCBL- San Sebastián

 
RESEARCH SENIOR FACULTY POSITIONS at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) offers SENIOR research staff positions in several areas: language acquisition, production, multilingualism, neurodegeneration of language, language and learning disorders, neurocognition of language and advanced methods for cognitive neuroscience.
The Center promotes a rich research environment without teaching obligations. It provides access to the most advanced behavioral and neuroimaging techniques, including 3 Tesla MRI, a whole-head MEG system, four ERP labs, a NIRS lab, a baby lab including eyetracker, two eyetracking labs, and several well-equipped behavioral labs.  There are excellent technical support staff and research personnel (PhD and postdoctoral students). The senior positions are permanent appointments.

We are looking for cognitive neuroscientists or experimental psychologists with a background in psycholinguistics and/or neighboring cognitive neuroscience areas, and physicists and/or engineers with fMRI expertise. Individuals interested in undertaking research in the fields described in www.bcbl.eu (research) should apply through the Ikerbasque web page (www.ikerbasque.net).
Deadline March 31, 2012

Candidates should have a strong publication track record.
For more information, please contact the Director of BCBL, Manuel Carreiras:
(info@bcbl.eu)

RESEARCH FACULTY POSITIONS at the BCBL- San Sebastián

 
RESEARCH FACULTY POSITIONS at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) offers research staff positions in several areas: language acquisition, production, multilingualism, neurodegeneration of language, language and learning disorders, neurocognition of language and advanced methods for cognitive neuroscience.
The Center promotes a rich research environment without teaching obligations. It provides access to the most advanced behavioral and neuroimaging techniques, including 3 Tesla MRI, a whole-head MEG system, four ERP labs, a NIRS lab, a baby lab including an eyetracker, two eyetracking labs, and several well-equipped behavioral labs.  There are excellent technical support staff and research personnel (PhD and postdoctoral students). The positions have a term of appointment between 3 and 5 years with the possibility of a tenure track.

We are looking for cognitive neuroscientists or experimental psychologists with a background in psycholinguistics and/or neighboring cognitive neuroscience areas, and physicists and/or engineers with fMRI expertise. Individuals interested in undertaking research in the fields described in www.bcbl.eu (research) ) should apply through the Ikerbasque web page (www.ikerbasque.net).
Deadline March 31, 2012

Candidates should have a strong publication track record and postdoctoral experience

For information about the positions, please contact Manuel Carreiras
(info@bcbl.eu)

RA Position: Georgetown Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab


The Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab within Georgetown University’s Center for Aphasia Research and Rehabilitation, directed by Rhonda Friedman, Ph.D., is seeking a full-time research assistant to support two ongoing studies examining the decline of word-finding abilities in adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, and Primary Progressive Aphasia. Research in our lab examines language and learning/memory function and dysfunction in people with stroke, head injury, and dementia. Projects include behavioral, fMRI, eye tracking, and ERP studies, and development of cognitive treatments for acquired language disorders.

Duties include: preparing stimulus materials according to research protocols; data organization, input, and maintenance; scoring language and neuropsychological assessment tests; coordination and scheduling of participants; recruitment and testing of normal control subjects; and data processing and analysis, including coding of subjects’ errors, as directed by senior lab members. The research assistant will also provide support to the Principle Investigator and other lab members, including ordering supplies and equipment, processing subject payments, maintenance and updating of the lab’s library, data back-up, and other minor duties as assigned. This position will involve working closely with the lab manager and other lab members for coordination of tasks, as well as a significant amount of independent work. The successful research assistant will be self-initiated, motivated, and have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Direct contact and testing of participants and supervision of undergraduate students may be required at a later date. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, or a related field; research experience; excellent oral and written communication skills; and a demonstrable interest in brain and language.

The search will begin immediately and will continue until an appropriate person is found. Preferred start date is March 19 or sooner.

Please email a cover letter and CV, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent via email to:

AphasiaResearch@georgetown.edu

Sunday, February 5, 2012

RA/Lab Manager Job Opportunity at NYU

 Applications are invited for a an RA/Lab Manager (NYU title: “junior research scientist”) position in an NIH-funded research project in the Acoustic Phonetics and Perception Lab (http://homepages.nyu.edu/~svl2/) at NYU in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders. Research in the lab focuses on the effects of talker variability on speech perception and language processing in children and adults. This funded project will also explore the relationships between the experimental tasks and standardized measures of language ability, nonverbal cognition, and memory. 
The research scientist will work closely with the PI on a regular basis, but will also be required to work independently. The position involves a wide variety of responsibilities including subject running and recruitment, stimulus development, experiment implementation and execution, administration of standardized tests for language and non-verbal cognition, data analysis, preparing and renewing IRB protocols, and minor administrative work. The position will provide some interaction with both typically developing school-age children and those with language impairments. It will also provide training in some basic statistical analysis, speech recording, and acoustic analysis.
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in psychology, linguistics, speech & hearing sciences, or a related field, with a solid background (coursework or otherwise) in research methods, design, and testing.  The ideal candidate will be hardworking, reliable, and energetic, with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. S/he must be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment, juggle and prioritize multiple tasks, seek assistance when appropriate, and be able to work with a diverse group of people. Prior experience with EPrime and Excel is preferred, but not required. The candidate must be proficient in Windows based applications. Good written and oral communication skills are important assets.
A minimum one year commitment is required for this part-time (~20hr/week) position. The position is available starting January 2012. Interested candidates should email (i) a letter outlining their background and interests, (ii) their CV/resume, and (iii) the names and contact information for three references to Susannah Levi at svlevi@nyu.edu. Questions about the position are welcome.
Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

University of Bristol job

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader (two posts) (vacancy ref. 16924)

The School of Experimental Psychology is seeking candidates for two Lectureship or Senior Lectureship/Readership positions within its Cognitive Processes Research Theme.  You will have an outstanding publication record and evidence of the potential to secure grant income.

The School of Experimental Psychology is one of the UK?s top psychology departments, with support from a world class Science Faculty and University, and a strong research focus.  The School has facilities to support a range of experimental methods including EEG, eye-tracking, and neuroimaging (via the University's Clinical Research and Imaging Centre, CRICBristol).

The School has three research themes: cognitive processes; brain, behaviour and health; decision-making and rationality.  These two appointments will be within the first of these themes, although there is considerable inter-theme collaboration within the school.  Preference will be given to candidates who can strengthen our research links with CRICBristol and teach neuropsychological theory and methods (one post) and who can extend our role within the Bristol Vision Institute (one post).

It is expected that the final selection process will be held 19 to 21 March 2012.

Grade : Level c - Level d in Pathway 1
Salary : £39,107 - £52,556


Contact: ( School of Experimental Psychology )
 Professor P Rogers
 E-mail: peter.rogers@bristol.ac.uk
Tel: 0117 928 8584

Alternative Contact: ( School of Experimental Psychology )
  Professor C Jarrold
  E-mail: c.jarrold@bristol.ac.uk
  Tel: 0117 928 8569

Contract : Permanent
Further details and an application form can be found at https://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/feeds/ads?ID=107271. Alternatively you can telephone (0117) 954 6947, minicom (0117) 928 8894
or E-Mail Recruitment@bris.ac.uk (stating postal address ONLY), quoting reference number 16924.

The closing date for applications is 9.00am, 20 February 2012
An Equal Opportunities Employer.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

New Journal: "Language and Cognition"

From David Kemmerer:


New Journal:  "Language and Cognition"

I would like to bring to everyone's attention the existence of a relatively new journal called "Language and Cognition":

http://www.languageandcognition.net/Language_and_Cognition/Language_and_Cognition.html

As stated on the website, this is the journal of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association.  It is a venue for the publication of high-quality peer-reviewed research of a theoretical and/or empirical/experimental nature, focusing on the interface between language and cognition.  It is open to research from the full range of subject disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and analytical frameworks that populate the language and cognitive sciences, on a wide range of topics.  Research published in the journal adopts an interdisciplinary, comparative, multi-methodological approach to the study of language and cognition and their intersection.

To fulfill this mission, the journal is managed by a team of five general editors with expertise in different aspects of the language-cognition interface:
              Daniel Casasanto, The New School for Social Research
              Seana Coulson, University of California, San Diego
              Vyvyan Evans, Bangor University
              David Kemmerer, Purdue University
              Laura Michaelis, University of Colorado, Boulder
              Chris Sinha, University of Portsmouth

Now, the main reason I'm posting this announcement on "Talking Brains" is because the editors would like to solicit more papers that address neurobiological aspects of the language-cognition interface.  We have already published a few papers by well-known cognitive neuroscientists, including Anjan Chatterjee, Uta Noppeney, and Gabriella Vigliocco.  But we would very much like to expand our coverage of brain-related topics, especially in ways that connect with current thinking in cognitively, functionally, and typologically oriented linguistic theories.  As an added incentive, the journal now publishes full color figures both in print and online.  So if you have any projects in the works that seem to fit the bill, please consider submitting a paper to "Language and Cognition"!