[Eeglablist] Postdoctoral Position in Dual/Dyadic EEG and Cognitive Modeling

[Michael Spezio]

Postdoctoral Position in Dual/Dyadic EEG and Cognitive Modeling, Hamburg, Germany


A Postdoctoral position in the field of social decision-making is available with Dr. Jan Gläscher's group at the Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. The funding for the position comes from the "Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience" (CRCNS) Program, co-funded by the German Ministry of Science and Research (BMBF) and by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the United States.


The project investigates social decision-making by developing explicit models of social reasoning in thinking about and acting on other partners' decision processes during tasks seeking cooperative and mutual success. These systems cannot be observed directly and will be estimated using computational approaches for multi-agent settings (i.e., interactive partially observable Markov decision processes). Underlying neural networks will be identified via dense array, dual/dyadic EEG and analysis of functional connectivity patterns within and across brains. Network connectivity measures include the circular correlation coefficient and time-varying, adaptive multivariate autoregressive modeling, using independent components that covary strongly with choice outcomes and/or cognitively modeled parameters.


We are searching for enthusiastic candidates with a strong interest in neuroimaging and computational approaches to cognitive and social neuroscience, and a PhD in (cognitive) neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, biology, computer science, or a related discipline. Prior experience in the acquisition and analysis of human EEG data (ERPs, time-frequency analyses) and good programming skills (e.g. Matlab/R) are required.


The start date is 1 December, 2016, but this can be delayed a few months if necessary. The position is available for 3 years. The institute provides an excellent multi-disciplinary and interactive research environment, with a research-dedicated 3T MRI scanner, EEG/MEG facilities, and behavioral labs, along with a dedicated set of computational facilities for analysis and data mining. Additional information about the research group and other scientific projects is available at www.glascherlab.org<http://www.glascherlab.org>.


Interested candidates should send any inquiries and submit their application as soon as possible as a single PDF document (including CV, publication list, contact details of two references and a short statement of research interests) via email to Dr. Jan Gläscher (glaescher at uke.de). Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.




Michael Spezio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
Laboratory for Inquiry into Value and Emotion (LIVE Lab)
mspezio at scrippscollege.edu
Scripps College
120 Steele Hall
1030 Columbia Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711

Visiting Researcher
Bernstein Group for Valuation in the Human Brain
Institute for Systems Neuroscience
University of Hamburg Medical Center, Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
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