<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><h1 style="margin-left:21.6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Call for Application for Prospective Ph.D. Students</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Code: <b>16167</b> - <b>Psychology and Social Neuroscience</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">curriculum in </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cognitive Social and Affective Neurosciences (CoSAN)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">WHAT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Four
three-year funded <b>Phd positions in
Cognitive, Social and Affective Neuroscience (CoSAN)</b> program (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.cosanphd.com/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://www.cosanphd.com/</span></a></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(56,110,255)">)</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">WHO: <b>High-motivated
applicants with a strong interest in systems neuroscience and higher order
cognitive functions are encouraged to apply.</b></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Applications are invited from
candidates who:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">hold
an Italian diploma di laurea / laurea specialistica / laurea magistrale, or an
equivalent second-level degree (generally equivalent to a Master’s Degree)
obtained abroad</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">expect
to receive their degree award by October 31, 2014</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">WHERE</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Department
of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(56,110,255)">http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <b>IRCCS
Fondazione Santa Lucia, </b>Rome </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.hsantalucia.it/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(56,110,255)">http://www.hsantalucia.it</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">SUPERVISOR</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Prof. Salvatore Maria
Aglioti</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">,
Director of the Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Sapienza
University of Rome </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://agliotilab.org/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://agliotilab.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">STIPEND</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Euro 13.638,47 per year</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">RESEARCH TOPICS</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Neural
correlates of cognitive, social and affective processes including: </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Empathy </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Intention, action and
emotion understanding </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Joint attention and joint
action.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Intergroup processing,
stereotype and prejudice.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Body awareness and Self-Other
distinction </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Social decision making</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Virtual reality and Brain
control of artificial agents</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Existential neuroscience</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">RESEARCH TECHNIQUES: </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Electroencephalography
(EEG), including: </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 72pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Somatosensory Evoked
Potentials (SEP) </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 72pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Laser Evoked Potentials
(LEP) </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation (TMS) </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">transcranial Direct Current
Stimulation (tDCS) </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">infrared Eye-tracking and
Motion-tracking </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thermal Imaging </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Lesion Mapping analysis </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CAVE -Virtual Reality </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings">v<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">fMRI.</span></p>
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<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">HOW: Admission is based on an
evaluation of the skills and aptitude of the candidate, and the selection
procedure includes two steps:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Phase 1.
Evaluation of qualifications</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Phase 2. On
site (or video-conference) interview </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">WHEN:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">APPLICATION
DEADLINE</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: <b>01/08/2013 11:59 11.59 pm CET HOW TO APPLY</b>: <br>
See<b> </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.cosanphd.com/"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://www.cosanphd.com/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/call%20for%20application_30_0.pdf"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/call%20for%20application_30_0.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Phase 1.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> The outcome of
the evaluation will be published by <b>16/09/2014</b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Phase 2. On site interviews will start from <b>29/09/2014</b> 09:00 AM at the Department of Psychology. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">It is <b>possible</b>,
following motivated requests, to conduct Phase 2 interview using <b>video-conferencing</b> facilities.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">INFO:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.cosanphd.com/"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">http://www.cosanphd.com/</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://agliotilab.org/"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">http://agliotilab.org/</span></a></span><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/call%20for%20application_30_0.pdf">http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/call%20for%20application_30_0.pdf</a></span></span><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/Annex%20A_2.pdf">http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/Annex%20A_2.pdf</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">CONTACT INFO: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Paola Trussardi (organizational
manager) - </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:paola.trussardi@uniroma1.it"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">paola.trussardi@uniroma1.it</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> (administrative requests)</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Salvatore M. Aglioti - </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:salvatoremaria.aglioti@uniroma1.it"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">salvatoremaria.aglioti@uniroma1.it</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> (scientific requests)</span><span style="background:yellow"></span></p>
</div>-- <br>Maria Serena Panasiti, Ph.D<br><font color="#222222" face="'times new roman', serif"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:14px"><br></span></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cognitive Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab<br>
Department of Psychology.<br>University of Rome "La Sapienza".<br>Via dei Marsi 78 - 00185 - Roma.<br>Phone: (+39) 06-49917635. Fax: (+39) 06-49917635</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences</span><br><span>University of Reading <br>Reading, United Kingdom</span> </font>
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