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Conference/Symposium/Event

ABIM 2020 - Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting 

International Neuroimaging Conference 

Dept of Neuroscience

University of Geneva

Registration is now open for the "Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting 2019". The meeting will take place in Champéry (Switzerland) from January January 12 to 16, 2020. The preliminary program and details for registration are available on our website. 

The deadline for registration and abstract submission is November 22.

Early booking fees are available until November 2 (see website for details). The number of participants will be limited, so registration will be on a first-come first-served basis, and you are encouraged to register early. 

The conference will feature 4 days of talks, with invited speakers who are experts in different aspects of fMRI and EEG in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, as well as free talks and poster presentations by other participants. The latter will be announced later on the website. The 4 main sessions will cover a range of topics from clinical and basic neuroscience, with the following keynote speakers:

David POEPPEL, Director Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt, Germany

Peter BANDETTINI, Center for Multimodal Neuroimaging, NIMH, Bethesda, USA
Christelle BAUNEZ Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Marseille, France
Michael FRANK, Brown University, Providence, USA
Ulman LINDENBERGER, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
Tamar MAKIN, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL, London, UK
Lars MUCKLI Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Glasgow, UK
Peggy ST.JACQUES, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

+ surprise special guest lecture for 15th anniversary!

The schedule of lectures will offer sufficient time for both ski (morning) and science (afternoon), with optimal conditions for interactive exchanges and discussions between all participants. Please visit our facebook page to see the experience and spirit of ABIM in past years (and video on our homepage https://www.unige.ch/ABIM/video-abim-commemoration/).

To register and submit an abstract, as well as to book hotel rooms, please visit our website.

Champéry is a small but excellent ski resort, with more than 100 ski lifts and 500 km of runs, connected to the domain of the "Portes du Soleil" that link 14 different resorts across the Swiss and French border (see http://www.champery.ch & http://www.portesdusoleil.com). It can be reached easily and directly by train from Geneva Airport.

ABIM scientific committee:
Patrik Vuilleumier, University of Geneva
Christoph Michel, University of Geneva
Daphne Bavelier, University of Geneva
Anne-Lise Giraud, University of Geneva
Didier Grandjean, University of Geneva
Dimitri Van de Ville, EPFL, Lausanne

Contact Website: https://www.unige.ch/ABIM/

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Faculty Position

Open Area/Open Rank Position - Focus on comp/quant skills

Open

Psychological and Brain Sciences

Texas A&M University

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (liberalarts.tamu.edu/psychology/) at Texas A&M University is recruiting for a tenure-track assistant professor or a tenured associate professor for a full-time, nine-month appointment, with an anticipated start date of Fall, 2020. We are interested in a scholar conducting research in any area of psychology and whose research interests and strengths will build on and enhance the quantitative and computational strengths of the Department. The candidate will need to contribute to one or
more existing doctoral training programs (behavioral and cellular neuroscience, clinical psychology, cognition and cognitive neuroscience, industrial/organizational psychology, or social and personality psychology). We hope to recruit a scientist to complement a world-class core of researchers, many of whom participate in crosscutting research concentrations in affective science, diversity science, and personality processes. The Department is interested in candidates who, through their research, teaching, and service, will contribute to the
diversity and excellence of the academic community, as well as the educational needs of the population of Texas and the global community. Review of applications will begin October 20.

Contact Website: https://apply.interfolio.com/68421

 

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Faculty Position

Adjunct for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience

Cognitive and Social Neuroscience

Psychology and Neuroscience

Trinity College

We are hiring an adjunct to teach one section of Cognitive Social Neuroscience in the spring semester.

https://www.trincoll.edu/neuroscience/

 

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Faculty Position

Associate/Full Professor

Department of Psychology

Stony Brook University

The Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University invites applications for an Associate or Full Professor position. We are particularly interested in a scholar whose research focuses on the aging brain and who has a strong focus on human neuroimaging (structural and functional MRI). Such research might investigate, for example, the affective and cognitive neuroscience of normal and pathological aging. Opportunities for collaboration exist across campus with units including the Center for Aging Policy Research in the School of Social Welfare; the Geriatrics and Geriatric Psychiatry programs in the School of Medicine; the Biomedical Orthopedics Laboratory in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences; and the Disability Studies Program in the School of Health Technology and Management. Successful candidates will be investigators who have a strong record of scholarship and a record of procuring extramural funding for their research as well as experience in teaching and mentoring. 

Candidates should email a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, representative publications, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation emailed to: [email protected]. Files will be reviewed beginning October 10, 2019, although applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Questions about this position may be sent to Appu Mohanty at [email protected].

The Psychology Department at Stony Brook University (SBU) encompasses doctoral programs in Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Science, Integrative Neuroscience, and Social and Health Psychology. We have a history of productive collaborations with numerous other departments on campus (e.g., Neurobiology & Behavior; Computer Science; Linguistics) and in the adjacent Schools of Medicine (including Neurology, Psychiatry, and the program in Public Health), Nursing, and Health Technology and Management, among others. SBU houses state-of-the-art imaging facilities including Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Center with a Siemens MAGNETOM Prisma 3 Tesla system scanner, PET and simultaneous PET/fMRI imaging, Center for Understanding Biology using Imaging (CUBIT), as well as Rat Conscious Animal Scanner (RatCAP) among others. Stony Brook University is a member of the AAU. We are located 60 miles from New York City on the north shore of Long Island. Information about the department can be found at http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/psychology/. Stony Brook University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Individuals from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

 

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Faculty Position

Two Faculty Positions at Johns Hopkins University

Social Cognition

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Johns Hopkins University

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University seeks two full-time tenure-track or tenured professors with a focus on social cognition, to start July 2020. These are open rank positions and candidates at all levels are encouraged to apply. The successful candidates will conduct high quality, active, externally funded research programs in any area of social cognition broadly construed. Areas of research could include (but are not limited to) moral cognition, social decision-making, theory of mind, person perception, social development and social cognitive neuroscience. Successful candidates will also contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching and mentoring in PBS. Cluster hires will be considered. The Department is conducting a broad and inclusive search and is committed to identifying candidates who through their research, teaching, and service will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience or related field by the start of the position.

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is located on the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland, and maintains close ties and collaborative relationships with the Departments of Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Philosophy, the Mind/Brain Institute, and the newly established SNF Agora Institute.

Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter, research and teaching statements, and three representative publications. These materials can be submitted online at http://apply.interfolio.com/70257. In addition, three letters of recommendation should be submitted for applications at assistant professor (pre-tenure) rank. For best consideration, applications should be submitted by November 30, 2019.

Johns Hopkins is committed to active recruitment of a diverse faculty and student body. The University is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Consistent with the University's goals of achieving excellence in all areas, we will assess the comprehensive qualifications of each applicant.

Contact Website: http://apply.interfolio.com/70257

 

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Faculty Position

SNF Agora Open Rank Faculty - Two Positions

Social Cognition/Political Psychology

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute

Johns Hopkins University

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University seeks faculty (or nominations of faculty) for endowed professorships at the rank of Associate or Full Professor (soon-to-be-tenured Assistant Professors with exceptional records of scholarship can also be considered) in any discipline who focus on social cognition or political psychology. We seek scholars from a range of disciplines examining the cognitive and psychological foundations of social and collective behavior, especially as it relates to questions about civic engagement and inclusive discourse across the globe or in the U.S.

This search is part of a broader initiative at Johns Hopkins University to expand expertise in social cognition within the Department of Psychological and Brian Sciences and in other departments. Faculty hired to the SNF Agora Institute, however, can sit in any department in the university.

The SNF Agora Institute is a new, $150M multi-disciplinary initiative that integrates research, teaching, and practice to strengthen global democracy by improving and expanding civic engagement and inclusive dialogue, and by supporting inquiry that leads to real-world change. Housed in the university's Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the SNF Agora Institute at JHU will serve as a leading forum bringing together experts from a range of fields-including but not limited to political science, sociology, history, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and ethics. 

All SNF Agora faculty will be full members in a department at Johns Hopkins University and at the SNF Agora Institute. Successful candidates should be established scholars with a substantial record of research and publication, or may be rising scholars of exceptional quality. All candidates should demonstrate an interest in the mission of the SNF Agora Institute. 

Applicants should apply online and submit a cover letter specifying an appropriate department for their appointment, a research statement, curriculum vitae, and two to three representative publications. Any nominations should be emailed to SNF Agora Institute, at [email protected]. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2019 and continue until the positions are filled. Appointments will commence on July 1, 2020.

Johns Hopkins is committed to active recruitment of a diverse faculty and student body. The university is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Consistent with the university's goals of achieving excellence in all areas, we will assess the comprehensive qualifications of each applicant.

Contact Website: https://apply.interfolio.com/69846

 

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Faculty Position

Assistant or Associate Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience - Northwestern University

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

The Department of Medical Social Sciences (MSS) at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor Level. MSS provides a scientific home for cognitive neuroscientists with research programs that utilize biomedical approaches and clinical populations to investigate mechanisms for cognition. The Department has a strong and diverse extramural research portfolio exceeding $40 million spanning assessment, clinical research, and technology implementation in the hospital setting. MSS is a basic sciences unit within the medical school comprised almost entirely of Ph.D. scientists conducting human-subjects research with an outreach mission to clinical departments. Ideal candidates would have research portfolios that capitalize on the biomedical research environment, including research that uses invasive neural recording and/or stimulation methods, research in clinical populations with cognitive disorders, and neuroimaging. We are seeking candidates with a strong collaborative orientation, an impressive publication record, and a history of extramural funding. There are no teaching requirements. Participation in departmental training activities and University service are expected and valued. Candidates would additionally have the opportunity to seek affiliation with Northwestern's many department-, school-, and campus-spanning institutes and centers, including the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Ph.D. program, the Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences, the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, the Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, and others.

Contact Joel Voss for additional information ([email protected]).
Please use this link for full position details and to apply:
https://facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/Nzc2

Contact Website: https://facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/Nzc2

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

The George Washington University,

Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. invites applications for a tenure track position focused on the brain basis of human communication at the assistant professor level to start as early as Fall 2020. Additional responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, and participating in departmental and university service.

Basic Qualifications: Applicant must have a PhD in communication sciences and disorders, psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, neuroscience or closely related area by date of appointment and have demonstrated commitment to scholarly research evidenced by publications in scholarly journals or scholarly works in progress, and teaching experience at the university level. Applicants must have interests or expertise in translational research with neurotypical individuals and/or populations with communication disorders. Applicants must demonstrate potential for future external funding and must be able to enhance the undergraduate, master's, and new doctoral program focused on communication sciences.

To apply: Please complete the online faculty application at http://www.gwu.jobs/postings/ 70697 and upload (i) a brief cover letter along with (ii) teaching and research statements, (iii) a curriculum vita (CV), and (iv) copies of no more than three representative scholarly publications. Please have three (3) letters of professional reference emailed to Dr. Adrienne Hancock at [email protected] with the subject heading including the first and last name of the applicant. Only completed applications will be considered. The review of applications will begin December 2, 2019 and continue until the position is filled. The University and the Department seek to attract an active, culturally and academically diverse faculty of the highest caliber. Employment offers are contingent on the satisfactory outcome of a standard background screening.

Research Assistant Position

Laboratory Manager Position for the Georgetown Lab for Relational Cognition

Washington, DC

Psychology

Georgetown University 

The Georgetown Laboratory for Relational Cognition, directed by Dr. Adam Green, anticipates hiring a full-time lab manager to coordinate and conduct research on learning, reasoning, and creativity in high school students and young adults. The lab manager will contribute to ongoing large-scale grant-funded projects and help in development of new projects. The preferred start date is early-June 2020. For more information on the lab, see cng.georgetown.edu. 

Primary Responsibilities: 
- Collection of brain-imaging data (primarily fMRI), as well as behavioral and survey data 
- Recruitment of study participants
- Coordination of lab members to conduct ongoing projects
- Organization of professional and informal lab activities 
- Administration of grant budgets for multiple ongoing and developing projects
- Many other duties as needed and depending on interest/motivation, including direct involvement with planning research projects and analysis of collected data 
Required Skills and Qualifications: 
- Bachelor's degree 
- One or more years of undergraduate or post-graduate research experience, ideally in the biological or psychological sciences 
- Willingness to learn new skills and enthusiastically take on new projects and responsibilities 
- Attention to detail, high level of self-motivation, and strong interpersonal and organizational skills 
- Strong computer skills 
Preferred Skills and Qualifications: 
- Experience gathering and analyzing fMRI data
- One or more years of leadership experience
- Programming experience (e.g., E-Prime, MATLAB, Python) 
To apply for this position: 
Applicants should send a cover letter describing relevant experience and career goals, a current resume/CV, an unofficial college transcript, and contact information for two or more people who can readily comment on the applicant's qualifications to [email protected].
Please address any questions to Griffin Colaizzi at [email protected]. 

Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please see the Georgetown website for more information, or contact the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Affirmative Action (IDEAA) at (202) 687- 4798. This position requires a criminal background check performed by Human Resources. Compensation is based on Georgetown pay scales, depending on qualifications and experience. 

Contact Website: http://cng.georgetown.edu/home

General Announcement

 
Immersive mentored research experience for undergraduates at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, and data science

UW Madison

Application Opens: November 1st, 2019

Application Deadline: February 15th, 2020

Admission Notification: Ongoing After Application deadline

Program Dates: The 10 week 2020 program dates for PREP have not been set

Application Link: https://srop-uwmadison.fluidreview.com

*Note that applicants who are not accepted will receive notification once all admissions have been sent out. Please do not call the Psychology department or send separate admission inquiries. Please note that these dates are currently tentative and may be subject to change. All inquiries not addressed within the website and associated links can be sent to [email protected]

PREP OVERVIEW
The Psychology Research Experience Program (PREP) provides intensive mentoring and experience in scientific research and professional development to undergraduates from historically underrepresented populations - those from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, those from low-income backgrounds, those with disabilities, and first-generation college students - who have expressed and demonstrated an interest in a career in scientific psychology.

PREP is unique in that we have a focus on integrating principles and methods of data science into the study of psychology and neuroscience. The program features a balance of mentored laboratory research (approximately 30 hours/week), intensive "bootcamps" on technical skills (e.g., R and Python programming), faculty presentations, professional development and networking opportunities.

See the link to "PREP Research Abstracts" on the right for examples from the Summer 2011-2019 programs; see "Program Highlights" under the "About PREP" link for more specifics about the program.

For more information about PREP, please contact: [email protected]

Information is only available by e-mail. Please do not call the Psychology Department.

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Psychology
Attn: PREP Program
1202 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706-1611  


This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant Number 1757785 with support from the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) and the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. 

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

 

Biological Sciences

 

Bridging senses: novel insights from synaesthesia

A discussion meeting issue organized and edited by Simon E Fisher and Amanda K Tilot

 

Published October 2019

 

About this issue

Synaesthesia is an intriguing phenomenon in which a perception with one sense (e.g. hearing music) causes an immediate additional sensation in another (e.g. seeing colour). With its array of types, and a tendency to run in families, synaesthesia offers a window into the brain systems underlying human experience; what factors shape them, and how they vary from one person to the next. At the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, and genetics, the topic is best understood in an interdisciplinary framework.

This issue follows a 2018 Discussion Meeting of leading researchers approaching the science of synaesthesia from diverse angles. Research articles describe novel findings on how synaesthesia connects to mental imagery and to neuropsychiatric traits, and what it says about the interplay of genes and environment in learning. Reflecting the dynamic discussions of the meeting, thought- provoking reviews and perspectives distil the field's growth over the last two decades, while setting out blueprints for the future of synaesthesia research.

 

Introduction Bridging senses: novel insights from synaesthesia Simon E Fisher and Amanda K Tilot

Synaesthesia: a distinct entity that is an emergent feature of adaptive neurocognitive differences Jamie Ward

 

Stochastic resonance model of synaesthesia

Poortata Lalwani and David Brang

 

Neurophenomenology of induced and natural synaesthesia David J Schwartzman, Daniel Bor, Nicolas Rothen and Anil K Seth

 

Deepening understanding of language through synaesthesia: a call to reform and expand Jennifer L Mankin

 

Learning in colour: children with grapheme-colour synaesthesia show cognitive benefits in vocabulary and self-evaluated reading Rebecca Smees, James Hughes, Duncan A Carmichael and Julia Simner

 

Synaesthetic colour associations for Japanese Kanji characters: from the perspective of grapheme learning Michiko Asano, So-ichiro Takahashi, Takuya Tsushiro and Kazuhiko Yokosawa

 

Echoes from the past: synaesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes

Nicholas B Root, Karen Dobkins, Vilayanur S Ramachandran and Romke Rouw

Distinct colours in the 'synaesthetic colour palette'

Romke Rouw and Nicholas B Root

 

Do synaesthesia and mental imagery tap into similar cross-modal processes? Alan O'Dowd, Sarah M Cooney, David P McGovern and Fiona N Newell

 

Exploring the relationship between grapheme colour- picking consistency and mental imagery

Mary Jane Spiller, Lee Harkry, Fintan McCullagh, Volker Thoma and Clare Jonas

 

Autistic traits in synaesthesia: atypical sensory sensitivity and enhanced perception of details

Tessa M van Leeuwen, Eline van Petersen, Floor Burghoorn, Mark Dingemanse and Rob van Lier

 

Investigating genetic links between grapheme-colour synaesthesia and neuropsychiatric traits

Amanda K Tilot et al.

 

How non-veridical perception drives actions in healthy humans: evidence from synaesthesia

Marie Luise Schreiter, Witold X Chmielewski, Jamie Ward and Christian Beste

 

Atypical bodily self-awareness in vicarious pain responders

Natalie C Bowling, Vanessa Botan, Idalmis Santiesteban, Jamie Ward and Michael J Banissy

 

Enhanced self-reported affect and prosocial behaviour without differential physiological responses in mirror- sensory synaesthesia Kalliopi Ioumpa et al.

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