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tax-free over 4 years)<span></span></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sydney Thinking and Reasoning (STAR) lab, SCHOOL
OF PSYCHOLOGY<span></span></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA<span></span></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Project Area: On the origins of data –
Information sampling, reasoning, and decision-making by human learners</span></b><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (Leaders: Professor Brett Hayes &
Associate Professor Dan Navarro)<span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Expressions
of interest are sought from outstanding graduates with a strong academic record
including Honors Class I or equivalent for 4-year PhD scholarships that include
a living allowance of $40,000 AUS per annum (tax-free) and $10,000 per annum in
additional project support costs (e.g. relocation, travel, etc).<span></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Graduates
with a strong background in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, cognitive
development, decision science, or other relevant discipline are particularly
encouraged to apply. Graduates with additional past experience working as a
research scientist or assistant are also strongly encouraged to apply. <span></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Project Description</span></b><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">: Learning how to generalize from data
is a fundamental inductive task facing any intelligent agent. Psychologists
have traditionally focused on how human reasoning depends on similarity -
people are more willing to generalize from a familiar entity to a novel one
when the two are similar. Our work has shown, however, that human reasoning can
be remarkably subtle. Using recent developments in computational cognitive
modelling, this project will develop new models of human inductive reasoning.
Our focus is on how people rely on intuitive theories about the world and other
minds, and how such reliance shapes the generalizations we make.<span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The School of Psychology at
UNSW is recognised nationally and internationally for its excellence in
research and teaching. It is a leading
Australian Psychology department on quality measures such as research
publications and competitive grant funding.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">If you are interested in learning more about this scholarship
opportunity, please send an email (including curriculum vitae) to: </span><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:b.hayes@unsw.edu.au">b.hayes@unsw.edu.au</a> before 11th November. </span></font></p>
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<div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">A/Prof Dan Navarro</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">School of Psychology </div><div style="font-size:12.8px">University of New South Wales</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:dan.navarro@unsw.edu.au" target="_blank">dan.navarro@unsw.edu.au</a></div><div><a href="http://www.compcogscisydney.com" target="_blank">compcogscisydney.com</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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