26.989, Support: Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics / Netherlands

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-989. Wed Feb 18 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.989, Support: Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics / Netherlands

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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:25:01
From: Angela Heuts [heuts at vw.mpi.nl]
Subject: Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics: PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

 Institution/Organization: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics 
Department: Psychology of Language 
Web Address: http://www.mpi.nl 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Psycholinguistics 
Cognitive Psychology 

Description:

The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) is inviting applications for a PhD position in Cognitive Psychology.

The position is available at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics beginning September 2015, embedded within the Psychology of Language department. 

The PhD project, supervised by Dr. Shiri Lev-Ari and Prof. Antje Meyer, should examine how social experience or social information can influence linguistic processing and representations. One possibility for the PhD candidate is to join an existing project that examines how individual differences in people's social circle influence their linguistic abilities. People vary in how large and how heterogeneous their social circle is. These individual differences influence the nature of the linguistic input they receive, and therefore might influence their linguistic representations and skills. The PhD candidate can choose to develop a project within this framework, or to examine the effects of other individual differences in social experiences or social knowledge.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The project will involve developing a research project and conducting several experiments with a wide range of participants. 
The Psychology of Language department emphasizes the need to study language in the normal population collecting data from participants with various backgrounds in and outside the lab and online. 

The department provides opportunities for training in a range of neuropsychological, psychological and phonetic techniques, frequent research and public engagement meetings, and support from an excellent team of researchers in psycholinguistics. For further details of our research, please see our website: http://www.mpi.nl/departments/psychology-of-language.

The MPI in Nijmegen is a leading research institute, with a stimulating environment and excellent facilities and resources. The institute is entirely devoted to the question of how we acquire, produce and understand language, and its investigations are highly multidisciplinary, uniting Anthropology, Linguistics, Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science, and Genetics.

Requirements:
Candidates should have, or shortly expect to obtain, a Master's degree in Psychology, Cognitive Science, or related areas. 
We seek exceptional students with a talent and inclination for first class research. 
Candidates should have an excellent written and spoken command of English. 

The position is available as of September 2015 and is funded for 3 years. Funding includes generous research and travel budgets. All students participate in the taught doctoral program of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Language Sciences.

How to Apply:
Your application should include your CV, the names and e-mail addresses of two referees, and a statement of your research interests (approximately 1000 words), where you describe your research experience and sketch which topic(s) you might want to pursue in your PhD project.
For full consideration applications should be submitted by the application deadline. For any questions concerning the research program please write to: 
shiri.lev-ari at mpi.nl or antje.meyer at mpi.nl 
To apply write to evelyn.veen at mpi.nl 

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from women, persons with disabilities, and under-represented groups are particularly encouraged. 

Application Deadline: 10-Mar-2015 

Web Address for Applications: http://www.mpi.nl/people/vacancies/phd-position-in-cognitive-psychology 

Contact Information: 
	Evelyn Veen 
	evelyn.veen at mpi.nl  

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