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<B>Graduate Fellowships In Decision Making Over the Life Course </B>-- The Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and the International Max Planck Research School "The Life Course: Evolutionary and Ontogenetic Dynamics (LIFE)" seek graduate students intending to pursue a doctorate. Under the direction of </SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Gerd Gigerenzer</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.5pt'>, one focus of ABC investigates how heuristics, that is computational models of simple cognitive processes, enable people to make effective decisions with limited information. The focus of LIFE is the study of systematic changes in human behavior over evolutionary and ontogenetic time. The student’s primary affiliation will be with ABC, an interdisciplinary group of psychologists, computer scientists, and evolutionary biologists, to name just a few of the disciplines represented. The Center provides excellent resources, including a laboratory run by professional staff, and generous travel support for conferences. The working language for both ABC and LIFE is English. <BR>
[ www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/forschung/abc<BR>
www.imprs-life.mpg.de/ ]<BR>
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Lael Schooler is particularly interested in supervising students with interests in the cognitive mechanisms underlying decision making across the life course and that have a background in computational modeling, preferably in ACT-R. The ACT-R community strives for a coherent theory of cognition that can account for phenomena ranging from basic laboratory experiments on human memory to driving a car or controlling robots. <BR>
[act-r.psy.cmu.edu <BR>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT-R ]<BR>
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Applicants should hold, or anticipate receiving, a master's degree, Diplom or equivalent in a relevant field prior to the their preferred start date, which can be either </SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>April 1st or October 1st , 2010. </SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.5pt'>Students admitted will receive a monthly stipend of about 1,100 EUR funded by LIFE. The initial fellowship is for 2 years and two 6-month extensions are possible. The deadline for applications is November 30, 2009. We strongly encourage applications from women, and members of minority groups. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply. For details about the application process, visit <BR>
[ www.imprs-life.mpg.de/en/admission/howto.html ].<BR>
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If you have questions, or want pdf’s of relevant articles, email Lael Schooler<BR>
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