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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>A vacancy
exists for a research assistant to work on a project concerned with early
lexical development. The research assistant will be working with the Oxford
BabyLab team and will be testing children between 15 and 24 months using the
Intermodal Preferential Looking Paradigm. The post involves infant recruitment,
contacting parents, scheduling, preparation of visual and auditory stimulus
materials, testing of children and adults, and data analysis. Experience in
working with young children , preferably of the above age group is essential.
The successful candidate will hold a doctoral degree in a related topic and
should have experience using eye-gaze fixation methods with infants and/or
young children. Competence with Excel and SPSS would be an advantage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>The post is
funded by a grant from the Leverhulme Trust and is available from 1<sup>st</sup>
April 2006. The appointment will be for 2 years in the first instance with a
possibility of extension thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Informal
enquiries about the research can be made to Professor Kim Plunkett (<st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><span class=Hypertext><u><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>kim.plunkett@psy.ox.ac.uk</span></font></u></span></st1:PersonName><span
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Before submitting an application candidates should obtain further particulars
from the Administrator, Department of Experimental Psychology, <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">South Parks Road</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Oxford</st1:City>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">OX1 3UD</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>. (Email <span
class=Hypertext><u><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>applications@psy.ox.ac.uk)</span></font></u></span>
or telephone 01865 271399 quoting reference: CQ/06/004. The closing date for
applications is 31<sup>st</sup> March 2006. Interviews are planned for 21<sup>st</sup>
April 2006. Further information on the department can be found on the web-site <span
class=Hypertext><u><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>http://www.psy.ox.ac.uk</span></font></u></span>
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