FYI
Four positions at the NYU Neuroscience of Language Lab (NeLLab)
1. Lab Manager/RA
Full-time Lab Manager position at the NYU Neurolinguistics
Laboratory, with
some responsibilities extending to the NYU Abu Dhabi Neuroscience
of
Language Laboratory. BA/BS or MA/MS in a cognitive science-related
discipline (psychology, linguistics, etc.) or computer science is
required.
The lab manager will be involved in all stages of execution and
analysis of
MEG/EEG experiments on language processing. Previous experience
with MEG or
some other cognitive neuroscience method is highly preferred. A
background
in statistics and some programming ability (especially Matlab) are
essential.
Preferred start date is July 2010, but this is negotiable. Salary
and rank
will be commensurate with experience. To apply, please email CV
and names
of references to Prof. Liina Pylkkänen (liina.pylkkanen
nyu.edu).
2. RA
Full-time NSF-funded research assistant for Cognitive Neuroscience
of
Language projects at the KIT/NYU MEG Lab. BA/BS in cognitive
science-related discipline (psychology, linguistics, etc.) or
computer
science. Programming and/or statistics experience a plus. RA would
help
analyze data from MEG and joint MEG/fMRI experiments and help
design and
program additional experiments. For 2010-11, research will
concentrate on
lexical access and morphological decomposition in auditory and
visual word
perception.
Preferred start date is July 2010, but this is negotiable. Salary
and rank
will be commensurate with experience. To apply, please email CV
and names
of references to Prof. Alec Marantz (marantz
nyu.edu).
3. Postdoctoral Position: Cognitive Neuroscientist
1-year, potentially renewable post-doctoral position in the
cognitive
neuroscience of language for the NYU Abu Dhabi Neuroscience of
Language
Laboratory. The researcher will have had experience with evoked
response
experiments using either MEG or EEG, but preferably both. The main
responsibility of the researcher will be to explore the
appropriate ways to
utilize participant populations of varied linguistic and
educational
backgrounds to address questions about linguistic universals and
language-specific effects. Working with Arabic and East Asian
speakers
requires nuanced understanding of the linguistic situation on the
ground as
well as a search for necessary corpus resources and area experts
on the
languages and language-particular psycholinguistics. A researcher
with
cross-linguistic experimental experience would be ideal for the
job, and
someone from either the Gulf area or India would be especially
suited for
this project. To apply, please send CV, names of three references
and a
brief statement of research interests and goals to
linguistics.neurolab
nyu.edu.
4. Postdoctoral Position: Computational Researcher
1-year, potentially renewable post-doctoral position in
computational
research for the NYU Abu Dhabi Neuroscience of Language
Laboratory.
The successful applicant will have had an extensive background in
quantitative analysis, statistics, and/or electrophysiological
signal
processing. The researcher will be responsible for the
laboratory's data
processing pipeline, from experimental design through final data
analysis,
and will create and justify statistical tools for neurolinguistic
experiments with MEG/EEG data. Though the researcher is expected
to work
with source localization packages such as MNE and BESA, he/she
will be most
concerned with issues essentially statistical in nature, e.g. the
covariance of stimulus variables, the way to treat data across
subjects,
the problem of multiple comparisons in whole-brain and whole-epoch
analyses, etc. To apply, please send CV, names of three references
and a brief statement of research interests and goals to
linguistics.neurolab
nyu.edu.
Application Deadline: Open until filled.
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Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
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