ERP/fMRI postdoc positions

[Michael Ullman]

TWO POSTDOC POSITIONS: ERP & FMRI STUDIES OF LANGUAGE & MEMORY

We are seeking to hire two full-time Postdoctoral Fellows (or highly
qualified non-PhDs) to carry out ERP and fMRI studies of language and
memory.  The positions are in the Brain and Language lab at the Georgetown
Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences (GICCS) at Georgetown
University Medical School.  GICCS is a new institute dedicated to
understanding the relation between brain and cognition.  It is composed of
a group of about fifteen researchers pursuing a variety of lines of
research in cognition, computation, and neuroscience.

At the Brain and Language lab we are interested in the neural,
computational, psychological, and developmental bases of language and
memory.  Our work focuses on elucidating the underpinnings of lexicon
(words) and grammar (rules), with a particular interest in the issues of
modularity, neural localization, and domain-specificity/generality. We are
carrying out several projects to test the hypothesis that the temporal-lobe
"declarative memory" system, which has previously been implicated in the
learning and use of fact and event knowledge, also subserves word
knowledge; and that the frontal/basal-ganglia "procedural memory" system,
which has  previously been implicated in the learning and use of motor and
cognitive "skills," such as riding a bicycle, also subserves grammatical
knowledge.  We are also examining sex differences in language.  Our
language projects focus primarily on English, Italian, and Japanese.

The successful candidates will be primarily responsible for carrying out
(1) ERP studies, using a high-end 96 channel system; or (2) fMRI studies,
on a 1.5T Vision Siemens MR system.  They will design and set up ERP/fMRI
experiments, test subjects, analyze data, and prepare presentations and
papers.  There will also be opportunities to be involved in other projects,
including  (1) Magnetoencephalography (MEG) studies;  (2) behavioral
studies of people with adult-onset brain damage (aphasics and patients with
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or Huntington's disease) or with developmental
language disorders (Specific Language Impairment, Williams syndrome); (3)
psycholinguistic studies of normal adults.

The minimum requirement for the positions is research experience with
*either* ERPs or fMRI.  No previous experience with language or memory
studies is required.  The candidate should be available to work for a
minimum of two years. The start date is flexible, but must be some time
between late spring and early fall of 1999.  Salary will be highly
competitive.  To apply, please send Michael Ullman a resume and arrange to
have two letters of recommendation sent to him (preferably by email).
Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.


Michael Ullman
Assistant Professor
Director, Brain and Language Laboratory
Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences (GICCS)
Research Building
3970 Reservoir Rd, NW
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20007
Email: michael at giccs.georgetown.edu
Tel:  Office: 202-687-6064  Lab: 202-687-6896
Fax: 202-687-6914
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