Connectionists: Call for 1 Post-Doctoral position (2 to 3 year contract) on object-related information and object processing using fMRI, MVPA and decoding in Coimbra, Portugal

[Jorge Almeida]

I am looking for a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the initial stages (post-PhD
and no more than 2 years and half after obtaining their PhD). The
applicants should have obtained a PhD, and have an overall interest in
object recognition, potentially focusing on object-related features like
shape, texture material and surface properties, and/or object-related
action. I am particularly interested in researchers with strong expertise
in fMRI, and in particular decoding and multivariate approaches. Good
programming skills, great communication and mentoring skills, and a great
command of English are a plus.

The selected applicant will work with me (Jorge Almeida
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ejJVE0wAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1>)
but will also benefit from the lively academic environment and research
groups we are currently building in the Psychology Department of the
University of Coimbra, Portugal (Jason Fischer
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=aPwpIY0AAAAJ>,
Joana
Carvalho
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=E5cBHVQAAAAJ>,
Alfonso
Caramazza
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=hvvrK8cAAAAJ>,
etc). The projects will relate to my work on object and mid-level
processing. Below are some examples:

Mahon, B. Z., & Almeida, J. (2024). Reciprocal interactions among parietal
and occipito-temporal representations support everyday object-directed
actions. *Neuropsychologia*, *198*, 108841.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108841

Almeida, J., Fracasso, A., Kristensen, S., Valério, D., Bergström, F.,
Chakravarthi, R., Tal, Z., & Walbrin, J. (2023). Neural and behavioral
signatures of the multidimensionality of manipulable object
processing. *Communications
biology*, *6*(1), 940. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05323-x

Walbrin, J., & Almeida, J. (2021). High-Level Representations in Human
Occipito-Temporal Cortex Are Indexed by Distal Connectivity. *The Journal
of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience*,
*41*(21), 4678–4685. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2857-20.2021

The position is for 2 to 3 years, and the salary is the standard
Post-Doctoral pay-scale in Portugal (net value 1800 euros per month; this
is a competitive salary for the cost of living in Portugal and especially
in Coimbra). Start time should be as soon as possible.

The Proaction Lab is currently well-funded as we have a set of on-going
funded projects including a Starting Grant ERC to Jorge Almeida, a major
European ERA Chair project to Jorge Almeida and Alfonso Caramazza, and
other projects. We have access to a 3T MRI scanner with a 32-channel coil,
to a 7T scanner (in collaboration with a site outside of Portugal), to
tDCS, and to a fully set psychophysics lab. We have a 256 ch EEG, motion
tracking and eyetracking on site. We also have a science communication
office dedicated to the lab.

Finally, the University of Coimbra is a 700-year-old University and has
been selected as a UNESCO world Heritage site. Coimbra is one of the
liveliest university cities in the world, and it is a beautiful city with
easy access to the beach and mountain.

You should apply as soon as you can. If interested send an email to
jorgecbalmeida at gmail.com, with a CV, and motivation/scientific proposal
letter.
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