*WHAT**:* Four three-year funded *Ph.D. positions in Cognitive, Social and Affective Neuroscience (CoSAN)* program (http://w3.uniroma1.it/cosan/_)_____ *APPLICATION DEADLINE**:* 29/07/2013 11:59 am CET____ *HOW TO APPLY**:* See http://w3.uniroma1.it/cosan/____ *WHERE**:* Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it <http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it/> and IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome http://www.hsantalucia.it <http://www.hsantalucia.it/>____ *STARTING DATE**:* 1st November 2013____ *SUPERVISOR**:* Prof. Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Director of the Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome http://w3.uniroma1.it/scnl/____ *STIPEND**:* Euro 13.638,47 per year. It includes I.N.P.S. - National Insurance Contributions which fellowship recipients are required to pay. The amount of the scholarship can be increased by 50% for research periods spent abroad, previously authorized by the Ph.D. Coordinator. /Possible increases of the standard stipend are possible depending on the experience and expertise of the applicant/. *RESEARCH TOPICS**: *Neural correlates of cognitive, social and affective functions including: empathy, intention, action and emotion understanding, joint attention, joint action, cooperative and competitive behavior, ingroup and outgroup processing, Self-Other distinction. Research studies involve neurotypical participants, participants with damage to the Central Nervous System (brain and spinal cord), and participants with Autism Spectrum Conditions.____ *RESEARCH TECHNIQUES: *Electroencephalography (EEG), including: Visual evoked potentials (VEP), Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEP) and Laser Evoked Potentials (LEP), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), infrared Eye-tracking and Motion-tracking, Thermal Imaging, Lesion Mapping analysis, CAVE -Virtual Reality, BCI for controlling artificial agents, fRMI. -- Vanda Viola Ph.D. student in Cognitive Social and Affective Neuroscience. Department of Psychology. University of Rome "La Sapienza". Via dei Marsi 78 - 00185 - Roma. Phone: (+39) 06-49917635. Fax: (+39) 06-49917635. e-mail: Vanda.Viola(a)uniroma1.it <mailto:Vanda.Viola@uniroma1.it> Website:http://w3.uniroma1.it/scnl/index.php/vanda-viola/