Center for Cognitive Neurocience, Lyon, France.
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position to study social
decision-making using fMRI in healthy subjects and intracranial
recordings in patients with epilepsy. Our research group combines
multimodal neuroimaging with computational modelling to characterise the
neural mechanisms underlying human social decision-making. The focus of
the project will be to unravel the neural correlates of social
decision-making using probabilistic representations of other’s
intentions. We will use such approach to model ways in which we predict
hypothetical action outcomes, the intentions of others and whether the
other is cooperative or competitive. This will be implemented by
parallel experiments using multimodal intracranial recordings and fMRI
in humans to exploit maximally the experimental advantages of each technic.
Candidates must have (or nearing completion of) a PhD degree in
neuroscience, social psychology, behavioral economics, computational
neuroscience or a related discipline. Candidates must have previous
practical experience and working knowledge of human neuroimaging (EEG
and/or model-based fMRI). The candidate must also have working knowledge
of experimental statistics, signal processing and excellent programming
skills in Matlab. Previous experience in simultaneous EEG/fMRI
experiments, advanced multivariate data analysis and computational
modelling is desirable but not required. The Institute of Cognitive
Science is located in Lyon, France, a thriving university city. The
Institute hosts an interdisciplinary neuroscience community with access
to several brain imaging facilities, such as one research-dedicated 3T
scanner, MEG, TEP, intracranial EEG in patients with epilepsy and other
useful resources (
http://dreherteam.cnc.isc.cnrs.fr/en/).
This post is available immediately, for up to three years. Salary will
be commensurate with experience and qualifications according to CNRS
scales. Candidates should send their CV, statement of research
interests, representative publications, and contact information of two
references to Jean-Claude Dreher, email: dreher(a)isc.cnrs.fr