Fwd: Call for Application Prospective Ph.D. Students - ynic-users

17 Jul 2014

I would like to announce this opportunity for an international PhD in
*Psychology and Social Neuroscience in Italy *(Rome and Udine)

Feel free to share this information with people could be interested.

Thanks for your attention

Giulia

2014-07-03 10:23 GMT+02:00 Maria Serena Panasiti
&lt;m.serenapanasiti(a)gmail.com <mailto:m.serenapanasiti@gmail.com>>:

       Call for Application for Prospective Ph.D. Students

     Code: *16167*  - *Psychology and Social Neuroscience*

     curriculum in *Cognitive Social and Affective Neurosciences (CoSAN)*

     WHAT:

     Four three-year funded *Phd positions in Cognitive, Social and
     Affective Neuroscience (CoSAN)* program (http://www.cosanphd.com/)

     WHO: *High-motivated applicants with a strong interest in systems
     neuroscience and higher order cognitive functions are encouraged to
     apply.*

     Applications are invited from candidates who:

     v  hold an Italian diploma di laurea / laurea specialistica / laurea
     magistrale, or an equivalent second-level degree (generally
     equivalent to a Master’s Degree) obtained abroad

     v  expect to receive their degree award by October 31, 2014

     WHERE:

     v *Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome*
     http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it <http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it/>

     v *IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, *Rome http://www.hsantalucia.it
     <http://www.hsantalucia.it/>

     SUPERVISOR:

     *Prof. Salvatore Maria Aglioti*, Director of the Social and
     Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome
     http://agliotilab.org/

     STIPEND:

     *Euro 13.638,47 per year*

     RESEARCH TOPICS:

     Neural correlates of cognitive, social and affective processes
     including:

     v  Empathy

     v  Intention, action and emotion understanding

     v  Joint attention and joint action.

     v  Intergroup processing, stereotype and prejudice.

     v  Body awareness and Self-Other distinction

     v  Social decision making

     v  Virtual reality and Brain control of artificial agents

     v  Existential neuroscience

     RESEARCH TECHNIQUES:

     v  Electroencephalography (EEG), including:

     o   Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEP)

     o   Laser Evoked Potentials (LEP)

     v  Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

     v  transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

     v  infrared Eye-tracking and Motion-tracking

     v  Thermal Imaging

     v  Lesion Mapping analysis

     v  CAVE -Virtual Reality

     v  fMRI.

     HOW: Admission is based on an evaluation of the skills and aptitude
     of the candidate, and the selection procedure includes two steps:

     Phase 1. Evaluation of qualifications

     Phase 2. On site (or video-conference) interview

     WHEN:

     *APPLICATION DEADLINE*: *01/08/2013 11:59 11.59 pm CET HOW TO APPLY*:
     See**http://www.cosanphd.com/  and

http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/call%20for%20application_30_0.pdf

     *Phase 1.* The outcome of the evaluation will be published by
     *16/09/2014*.

     Phase 2. On site interviews will start from *29/09/2014* 09:00 AM at
     the Department of Psychology. It is *possible*, following motivated
     requests, to conduct Phase 2 interview using *video-conferencing*
     facilities.

     *INFO:*

     http://www.cosanphd.com/

     http://agliotilab.org/

http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/call%20for%20application_30_0.pdf

     http://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/Annex%20A_2.pdf

     *CONTACT INFO: *

     Paola Trussardi (organizational manager) -
     paola.trussardi(a)uniroma1.it <mailto:paola.trussardi@uniroma1.it>
     (administrative requests)

     Salvatore M. Aglioti - salvatoremaria.aglioti(a)uniroma1.it
     <mailto:salvatoremaria.aglioti@uniroma1.it> (scientific requests)

     --
     Maria Serena Panasiti, Ph.D

     Cognitive Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab
     Department of Psychology.
     University of Rome "La Sapienza".
     Via dei Marsi 78 - 00185 - Roma.
     Phone: (+39) 06-49917635. Fax: (+39) 06-49917635

     School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences
     University of Reading
     Reading, United Kingdom

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