PhD Students/ Post-Docs in Psychology (75%-100%)

Your duties:

Future employees will be working on research projects investigating the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) in schools as an aid to learning a first or foreign language and/or in research investigating the basic neural mechanism of cognitive phenomena such as learning and memory, attention, perception and synesthesia. Duties include:

• Developing and conducting computerised tests in the lab and in schools
• Developing and conducting experiments in the lab using electroencephalography (EEG) and physiological measures such as skin conductance
• Data analyses
• Writing and publishing research results
• Assist in teaching at the Distance Learning University

Your profile:

• Master's degree or PhD in psychology, cognitive neuroscience or a related field
• A record that documents a strong interest in at least one of the following topics:
• research on the cognitive neuroscience of learning & memory
• research on the cognitive neuroscience of second language acquisition in children
• research on the cognitive neuroscience of perception and synesthesia
• Internet-based learning applications and behavioural experiments
• An excellent oral and written command of English is a prerequisite
• A good oral command of German and/or French is an advantage

We offer:

• Collaboration on innovative research
• The opportunity to develop skills in the implementation of research on Internet-based learning and cognitive neuroscience
• A modern and dynamic work environment