33.676, Jobs: Pama-Nyungan; Gurinji; Neurolinguistics: Postdoctoral Position in Human Magnetoreception, California Institute of Technology

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Subject: 33.676, Jobs: Pama-Nyungan; Gurinji; Neurolinguistics: Postdoctoral Position in Human Magnetoreception, California Institute of Technology

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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 21:03:29
From: Felicity Meakins [f.meakins at uq.edu.au]
Subject: Pama-Nyungan; Gurinji; Neurolinguistics: Postdoctoral Position in Human Magnetoreception, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

 
University or Organization: California Institute of Technology 
Department: Shimojo Psychophysics Laboratory
Job Location: California, USA 
Web Address: https://neuro.caltech.edu
Job Title: Postdoctoral Position in Human Magnetoreception
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Neurolinguistics 

Required Language(s): Gurinji (gue)
                      Pama-Nyungan 

Description:

Caltech’s Chen Institute for Neuroscience was founded in 2016 with a generous
donation from philanthropists Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo. The Institute is
a key component of a neuroscience initiative that is geared toward deepening
our understanding of how the brain works at its most basic level. Through its
Shared Postdoctoral Program, the Institute is sponsoring two-year fellowships
for adventurous, boundary-crossing collaborations between laboratory groups.

The Shimojo and Kirschvink groups at Caltech, in collaboration with the
Meakins group at the University of Queensland (Australia), are seeking a
Postdoctoral Scholar who would join an interdisciplinary team spanning
perception neuroscience, geobiology, and psycholinguistics.

The project builds upon the discovery of a human cortical response to
rotations of the earth-strength magnetic fields. We are currently exploring
the functional aspects of the sensory signal, which so far has appeared to be
entirely subconscious. One current aim is to test neural and behavioral
responses in populations with hereditary and developmental backgrounds of
interest. Specifically, human populations whose migratory history required
long-distance dead-reckoning navigation, and with language systems that use
geocentric rather than egocentric terms for spatial orientation, such as the
Gurindji people of northern Australia. These and other efforts are aimed at
uncovering conscious aspects of human magnetoreceptivity, and seeing whether
the unconscious brain response can be brought into consciousness by training
and neural feedback.

We are seeking a dedicated researcher with a background in cognitive
neuroscience, cultural anthropology, or with related skills and interests. 
Research duties will include field work, laboratory experiments, and analysis
of behavioral and physiological data. Useful skills and experience include:  
 - Analysis of EEG, physiology, or other time-series data, analysis of
behavioral data and participant reports; 
 - Conducting research involving human participants, psychophysics, or
psychological linguistics; 
 - Investigating physiological and behavioral correlates of subconscious
processing, or psychological and linguistic aspects of spatial cognition.

Applicants need to have completed their PhD by the time the Fellowship begins.
Scholars of Indigenous background with connections to communities of interest
are strongly encouraged to apply, as are women and members of underrepresented
minority groups.

Materials in support of an application should include curriculum vitae, list
of publications, a one-page statement of research interests, and three letters
of reference. Complete applications including letters of reference will be
accepted until March 15, or until the position is filled. Please email all
materials to Prof. Shin Shimojo at the email address below. Pre-submission
inquiries are welcome.

If there are any questions during the search process, please contact us at the
email address below. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability
status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by
law.

Web Link:
https://neuro.caltech.edu/files/2022/02/Advertisement_Chen_PostdoctoralPositio
n_FInal.pdf



Application Deadline: 15-Mar-2022 
	  
Email Address for Applications: sshimojo at caltech.edu 
Contact Information:
	Prof Shin Shimojo 
	Email: sshimojo at caltech.edu 


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