30.2439, Jobs: Cognitive Science: Post Doc, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimagin

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Subject: 30.2439, Jobs: Cognitive Science: Post Doc, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimagin

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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:13:00
From:  Verhoef [j.verhoef at donders.ru.nl]
Subject: Cognitive Science: Post Doc, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, Netherlands

 University or Organization: Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging 
Job Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands 
Web Address: https://www.languageininteraction.nl/
Job Title: Postdoc "Communication in Context"
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science 


Description:

Responsibilities
We are looking for highly motivated candidates to enrich a unique consortium
of researchers that aims to unravel the neurocognitive mechanisms of language
at multiple levels. The goal is to understand both the universality and
variability of the human language faculty from genes to behaviour. 
  
Currently, our consortium advertises one Postdoctoral Researcher position..
This positiion provides the opportunity for conducting world-class research as
a member of an interdisciplinary team. 

Work environment:
This position will be held at the Donders Insititute, Centre for Cognitive
Neuroimaging, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. 
  
The Netherlands has an outstanding track record in the language sciences. The
‘Language in Interaction’ research consortium, sponsored by a large grant from
the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), brings together
many of the excellent research groups in the Netherlands with a research
programme on the foundations of language. In addition to excellence in the
domain of language and related relevant fields of cognition, our consortium
provides state-of-the-art research facilities and a research team with ample
experience in the complex research methods that will be invoked to address the
scientific questions at the highest level of methodological sophistication.
These include methods from genetics, neuroimaging, computational modelling,
and patient-related research. This consortium realizes both quality and
critical mass for studying human language at a scale not easily found anywhere
else. 
  
We have identified five Big Questions (BQ) that are central to our
understanding of the human language faculty. These questions are interrelated
at multiple levels. Teams of researchers will collaborate to collectively
address these key questions of our field. 
  
Our five Big Questions are: 
BQ1: The nature of the mental lexicon: How to bridge neurobiology and
psycholinguistic theory by computational modelling? 
BQ2: What are the characteristics and consequences of internal brain
organisation for language? 
BQ3: Creating a shared cognitive space: How is language grounded in and shaped
by communicative settings of interacting people? 
BQ4: Variability in language processing and in language learning: Why does the
ability to learn language change with age? How can we characterise and map
individual language skills in relation to the population distribution? 
BQ5: How are other cognitive systems shaped by the presence of a language
system in humans? 
  
You will become member of our Synergy team which in turn will be embedded in
our Big Questions framework. The research is conducted in an international
setting at all participating institutions. English is the lingua franca.

To apply, please visit the application link provided below.



Application Deadline: 23-Jun-2019 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://www.ru.nl/english/working-at/jobopportunities/details/apply/?tk=uk&recid=602020 
Contact Information
	Verhoef 
	Email: j.verhoef at donders.ru.nl



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