Connectionists: Postdoctoral Position in Language/Reading @ Penn State

[Ping Li]

Postdoc Scholar/Neuroscience of Language and Reading
Department of Psychology

Qualified individuals are invited to apply for a postdoctoral scholar
position in the area of cognitive neuroscience and language/reading
comprehension. The fellowship is supported by the NSF’s Integrative
Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems Program as part
of the White House BRAIN initiative (see https://goo.gl/vYqstc). For an
abstract of the research project, see http://goo.gl/IG2FJi.

The initial appointment will be for one year, with the possibility of
renewal for second and third years. Salary and benefits are based on NSF
guidelines, commensurate with experience and qualifications. A qualified
candidate must hold a Ph.D. degree or have completed all of the
requirements for a Ph.D. by the time of appointment with a desired area of
study in cognitive neuroscience. Experience in functional MRI studies of
language and/or literacy and technical experiences with MatLab, Unix/Linux,
Python and MRI-related data processing skills are also desirable.

The successful candidate will join the PI`s research team to work on an
integrative project in the neurocognitive study of language representation
and processing, with particular reference to reading comprehension in first
and second languages by children and adults. The project will be carried
out in the Brain, Language, and Computation (BLC) Lab (http://blclab.org/)
of the Department of Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University. The
postdoc fellow will have ample opportunities to interact with several
vibrant research communities at Penn State with which the BLC lab is
closely associated, including the Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition
(http://cbbc.psu.edu/), the Center for Language Science (http://cls.psu.edu),
the Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (
http://www.imaging.psu.edu/), the Institute of the Neurosciences (
https://goo.gl/kyw45O), and the Institute for CyberScience (
http://ics.psu.edu/).

Applicants should submit a CV, a cover letter with a brief statement of
research experience and interests, and 2-3 recent publications(in PDF).
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the
position is filled. The start date of the position is flexible although an
early 2016 date is preferable.  Apply online at https://psu.jobs/job/59675

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