postdoctoral postions available

[Denis Mareschal]

Dear all,

I would appreciate it if you could bring these positions to the attentions
of any interested people. They are part of a project exploring perceptual
and cognitive development that aims to link behavioural experimental work
with neural network modelling as tightly as possible. Although one position
is experimental and the other is computational, the ideal candidate would
have interests in both approaches to studying perception and cognition.

Many thanks,

Denis Mareschal


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Postdoctoral Research Assistants in Psychology/Cognitive Science
(Two-Year Fixed Term)

We are seeking two researchers to work with Dr Denis Mareschal within the
School of Psychology and the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development.
The posts are tenable from 1 February, 2001 or as soon as possible
thereafter.

1. Infant Behavioural Testing (Ref:  APS346)  The post will consist mainly
in testing categorisation in infants.  You will use both visual preference
and manipulation methodologies to assess categorisation in infants from age
3 to 24 months.

Applicants should have a PhD, preferably in cognitive psychology or
developmental psychology.

2. Connectionist Modelling (Ref:  APS343)  The post will consist mainly in
applying connectionist/neural network techniques.  You will help implement
and design models of memory and categorisation in infancy. It is expected
that applicants with advanced technical skills would have ample time to
develop their own research programmes.

Applicants should have a PhD, preferably in cognitive psychology,
developmental psychology, AI, or Neural Computation.

Preliminary details of these positions can be obtained by following links
from my web page http://www.psyc.bbk.ac.uk/staff/dm.html.

Final details can be obtained, in due course, from the personnel department
at Birkbeck College either through the web (http://www.bbk.ac.uk) or by
sending an A4 sae quoting the reference number to the Personnel Department,
Birkbeck, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London  WC1E 7HX.

Closing date: 14 December 2000
Informal enquires for both positions can be directed to d.mareschal at bbk.ac.uk

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	Dr. Denis Mareschal
	Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development
	School of Psychology
	Birkbeck College
	University of London
	Malet St., London
	WC1E 7HX, UK
	tel +44 020 7631-6582/6207
	fax +44 020 7631-6312
	http://www.psyc.bbk.ac.uk/staff/dm.html
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