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*Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellow - NeuroSpin MEG group.*

*Research* *Topics . *Time awareness is a fundamental component of how we experience the world. Neural dynamics actively shape and organize events in time implicitly (“temporal event-structuring”) leading to our conscious awareness of time proper (incl. simultaneity, temporal order, and duration of events but also magnitudes and “mental time travel”). Part of our work aim at understanding which aspects of sensory events and which properties of temporal cognition are fundamental to our awareness of time: how is time encoded in the brain? How does time awareness emerge? Our research group is funded by an ERC and a French ANR. The experimental work will essentially make use of magnetoencephalography (MEG); other techniques can be considered pending the research questions.

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*Tags*: temporal expectation, attention to time, predictive coding, multisensory integration, magnitude system, mental time travel, MEG, EEG, cross-frequency coupling, brain reading /decoding.

*PI*: https://sites.google.com/site/virginievanwassenhove/

*NeuroSpin MEG lab: *http://www.unicog.org/pm/pmwiki.php/MEG/HomePage

The MEG lab uses Fieldtrip, Brainstorm, MNE and MNE-python as its primary MEG analysis tools but is open to many others.

*Ref: *http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/364/1525/1815.short* *

Ongoing and submitted work* *relevant* *to this project will be presented at Biomag (cf. Symposium: Brain rhythms, temporal expectations and the awareness of time) and SFN 2012 (Nanosymposium: Human timing).**

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Our group is located in a state-of-the-art neuroimaging facility near Paris (Gif s/ Yvette, France) and is part of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit (http://www.unicog.org/). The infrastructure is equipped with MEG (Neuromag, Elekta), EEG (64 or 256 sensors, combined with MEG recordings), MRI (3T and 7T), eyetrackers (SR Eyelink 1000 that is combined with Neuroimaging techniques) and soundproof psychophysical rooms. The greater Parisian scientific community is very diverse and active!

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*POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW position*

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Applications are invited from talented, enthusiastic and committed researchers. The ideal applicant will have a significant experience with analyzing MEG and/or EEG data and a strong research record in cognitive neurosciences. The selected postdoctoral fellow will lead MEG studies as part of the ERC funded project “Mind Time”. Research topics encompass time awareness and temporal event structure, cross-sensory attributes, magnitude system and mentalizing about time in relation to cortical oscillations. The researcher will be expected to work closely with and supervise (master, phd) students involved in the project. Some involvement in organizational and managerial aspects specific to these projects can be expected.

*Requirements for the candidates: *

- should hold a PhD in cognitive neurosciences, neurosciences, psychology, and/or related fields

- a strong record of published / submitted work

- prior experience with M/EEG techniques (e.g. time-frequency analysis, phase-locking-values, cross-frequency-coupling and source localization techniques)

- signal processing and programming skills (matlab, python a plus)

Applicants from outside the European Union are welcome but they must qualify for a valid visa. French speaking is not a requirement as long as the English language is mastered.

*Starting date*: asap and negotiable

*Salary*: commensurate with experience. The position will be initially funded for one year (renewable up to three or four years).**

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*Application package***

*CV* (incl. a list of publications) *Two letters of recommendation* (or contacts from which those could be obtained) *A letter of intent with a statement of research interests*

Please put *POSTDOC* in the email subject and send your application package to Virginie.van.Wassenhove@gmail.com mailto:Virginie.van.Wassenhove@gmail.com

Applications will be considered until the position is filled.