CogBooster and the Proaction lab is looking for a Post-Doctoral
Researcher at the initial stages (defending very soon, and no more than
2 years and half after obtaining their PhD). The applicants should have
obtained a PhD, and have an overall interest in object recognition,
potentially focusing on object-related features like shape, texture
material and surface properties. We are particularly interested in
researchers with strong expertise in fMRI, and in particular decoding
and multivariate approaches.
The selected applicant will work with Jorge Almeida [1] but will also
benefit from the lively academic environment and research groups we are
currently building in the Psychology Department of the University of
Coimbra, Portugal (Jason Fischer [2], Joana Carvalho [3], Alfonso
Caramazza [4], etc). The projects will relate to work on object and
mid-level processing. Below are some examples:
Mahon, B. Z., & Almeida, J. (2024). Reciprocal interactions among
parietal and occipito-temporal representations support everyday
object-directed actions. _Neuropsychologia_, _198_, 108841.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108841
Almeida, J., Fracasso, A., Kristensen, S., Valério, D., Bergström, F.,
Chakravarthi, R., Tal, Z., & Walbrin, J. (2023). Neural and behavioral
signatures of the multidimensionality of manipulable object processing.
_Communications biology_, _6_(1), 940.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05323-x
Walbrin, J., & Almeida, J. (2021). High-Level Representations in Human
Occipito-Temporal Cortex Are Indexed by Distal Connectivity. _The
Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for
Neuroscience_, _41_(21), 4678-4685.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2857-20.2021
The position is for 2 to 3 years, and the salary is the standard
Post-Doctoral pay-scale in Portugal (net value 1850 euros per month;
this is a competitive salary for the cost of living in Portugal and
especially in Coimbra). Start time should be as soon as possible.
The Proaction Lab is currently well-funded as we have a set of on-going
funded projects including a Starting Grant ERC to Jorge Almeida, a major
European ERA Chair project to Jorge Almeida and Alfonso Caramazza, and
other projects. We have access to a 3T MRI scanner with a 32-channel
coil, to a 7T scanner (in collaboration with a site outside of
Portugal), to tDCS, and to a fully set psychophysics lab. We have a 256
ch EEG, motion tracking and eyetracking on site. We also have a science
communication office dedicated to the lab.
Finally, the University of Coimbra is a 700-year-old University and has
been selected as a UNESCO world Heritage site. Coimbra is one of the
liveliest university cities in the world, and it is a beautiful city
with easy access to the beach and mountain.
You should apply as soon as you can. If interested send an email to
[email protected], with a CV, and motivation/scientific proposal
letter.
Links:
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[1]
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ejJVE0wAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
[2]
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=aPwpIY0AAAAJ
[3]
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=E5cBHVQAAAAJ
[4]
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=hvvrK8cAAAAJ
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