Connectionists: Postdoctoral Position: Development of Perceptual Expertise

[Janet Hsiao]

Postdoctoral Position: Development of Perceptual Expertise

Department of Psychology, the University of Hong Kong



A postdoctoral position is currently available in the Cognition &
Hemispheric Asymmetry lab led by Dr. Janet Hsiao at the University of
Hong Kong. The project will involve using neurocomputational models,
behavioural measures (including eye tracking), or EEG/ERP examinations
to investigate the development of perceptual expertise in auditory or
visual modalities (for more information about the lab please see:
http://cha.psy.hku.hk/).

The applicant must have: (1) a Ph.D. degree in Cognitive Science,
Computer Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology, or related
fields; and (2) good programming skills and experience in Matlab. (3)
Experience in computational modeling of cognitive processes, EEP/ERP
experiments and analysis, eye tracking experiments and analysis, or
human subject experiments.

Interested candidates should send a letter of application, a CV
including academic qualifications, research experience, publications,
and at least two letters of reference, to: Dr. Janet Hsiao, jhsiao @
hku.hk, with the subject line "Postdoctoral position". For more
information please contact Dr. Janet Hsiao. You can talk to Dr. Janet
Hsiao at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society
(http://www.visionsciences.org/) during May 11-16, or the Annual
Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society in Sapporo, Japan, during Aug
1 to 4 (http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2012/index.html).
Review of applications will begin immediately, and continue until the
position is filled. The initial contract is for one year, with a
possibility of one-year extension. The position is available
immediately.

The University of Hong Kong is an English speaking university and
recently ranked No.2 in Asia and 34th in the world in the 2011-12
Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. It is also
ranked 30th in the world for Psychology according to the most recent
QS World University Rankings. The University is located at Hong Kong
Island, and it fully enjoys the fusion when the east meets the west.
More information about the Department of Psychology at HKU is
available at: http://www.hku.hk/psychodp/