Fwd: 2-year postdoctoral position (France)

*Call for a 2-year postdoctoral position* *Laboratoire Parole et Langage (UMR 7309 Aix-Marseille Université / CNRS)* *Aix-en-Provence, France* Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research fellow position in the Laboratoire Parole et Langage in Aix-en-Provence, France (http://www.lpl-aix.fr/). The position is funded by The French National Research Agency (ANR). The successful candidate will work on a project investigating the interaction between spoken and written language during reading and speech processing in normal population. The main objective is to characterize the relation between these two language systems in both cognitive and neural aspects using different techniques (behavioral measures, fMRI, TMS, EEG). Applicants with a Ph.D. in neuro-linguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive science or a related field will be considered. Applicants must have experience in functional MRI (experimental design, data acquisition, preprocessing, analysis) and relevant programming skills (e.g., Matlab, Python, R). Experience with TMS and/or EEG is a plus. Laboratoire Parole and Language is located in the historic center of Aix-en-Provence, France. It is one of the main partners of the Brain & Language Research Institute, Laboratoire d’Excellence (http://www.blri.fr/) that gathers together researchers from different disciplines in order to develop new models and techniques for the description of language processing and its neural basis. In collaboration with several research centers in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, we provide access to several brain imaging techniques (fMRI, EEG systems with 64 and 256 electrodes, TMS with neuro-navigator, MEG). To apply please submit a curriculum vitae, description of research experience, a statement of goals and interests and 2 letters of recommendation. *Duration*: 2 years (full-time) *Salary*: 2000 € net/month *Application deadline*: 2014, November 20^th *Starting date*: from 2015, January 15^th (to be negotiated) For further information and application, please contact: Chotiga Pattamadilok (chotiga.pattamadilok(at)lpl-aix.fr <http://lpl-aix.fr>). Opportunity to organize interviews with Skype. -- Chotiga Pattamadilok CNRS Research Scientist Laboratoire Parole & Langage 5 avenue Pasteur BP 80975 13604 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1, France http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/ Tel: +33 4 13 55 27 01 Fax: +33 4 13 55 37 44