Post-Doc at Vanderbilt, Brain Development Lab with James Booth
A post-doctoral position is open in the Brain Development Laboratory in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. We are broadly interested in how the brain changes over development and learning, and in individual differences (including disability) in brain organization. Research in the lab is focused on the neural basis of (1) reading and language, (2) mathematical cognition, (3) executive function and (4) cross-cultural differences. Successful candidate will be expected to be a part of a highly interdisciplinary and collaborative team.PhD in psychology, education...
Source: Talking Brains - July 1, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Postdoctoral position at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain)
www.bcbl.eu (Center of excellence Severo Ochoa)The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language - BCBL- (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) is offering a postdoctoral position focusing on neurobiological correlates of statistical learning and language, as part of ERC-funded research project (PI: Ram Frost). The research involves a combination of behavioral and functional brain imaging (MEG, fMRI) experiments in humans. This is an exciting opportunity to work on how the brain detects regularities in sensory input, and how this relates to first or second language learning. The project involves research ...
Source: Talking Brains - June 20, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Post Doctoral Opportunity -- Trento, Italy
Semantic processing in blind people - ItalyApplications for a post-doctoral position are invited in the context of ajoint research project between the International School of Advanced Studies(SISSA) in Trieste and the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) in Trento(Italy). The project is funded by a PRIN grant from the Italian Ministry ofEducation and Research (MIUR). The project is dedicated to investigate theneural circuits involved in *semantic processes and their plasticity,comparing sighted and blind individuals using MEG and/or fMRI methodologies*. The project is coordinated by Prof. Davide Crepaldi<...
Source: Talking Brains - June 8, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Pre-doctoral position at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu (Center of excellence Severo Ochoa)
Applications are invited for a 4-year full-time PhD Studentship in cognitive neuroscience at the Basque Center on Brain Cognition and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian (Spain).Applicants should have an honours and a Masters degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science or another other relevant area and have a strong interest in consciousness and cognitive science coupled with strong computational skills (preferably Python) and experience with state-of-the art neuroscience techniques, in particular fMRI. The student will receive a stipend of 16.000 € during the first 2 years and 18.000 € during the last 2 years. ...
Source: Talking Brains - May 30, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Post-doctoral position at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language
(San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu (Center of excellence Severo Ochoa)Applications are invited for a 2-year full-time post-doctoral position in cognitive neuroscience at the Basque Center on Brain Cognition and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian (Spain). Applicants should have strong interests in consciousness and cognitive neurosciences coupled with strong computational skills in Python. The main project will use functional MRI to assess the neural correlates of the encoding/maintenance of semantic representations and the learning of new categories and statistical regularities across distinct st...
Source: Talking Brains - May 24, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Three postdoctoral positions in the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol, UK.
A 5-year ERC-funded project entitled “Generalisation in Mind and Machine” explores how well humans and artificial neural networks generalize across a range of tasks. Over the course of the grant there will be 4 postdoctoral researchers involved in modelling, 1 postdoctoral researcher involved in empirical work, and two PhD students. I am currently looking to hire two persons (one quite senior) with experience working with “deep” neural networks, and one person with extensive experience carrying out cognitive psychology experiments. In contrast with the large community of modelers in machine learnin...
Source: Talking Brains - May 24, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
The real action understanding network
InThe Myth of Mirror Neurons I hypothesized that the action understanding network was much more complicated than the mirror neuron theory supposed. I pointed to the superior temporal region as a possible hub based on its action observation response properties in both monkeys and humans. I then went on to speculate about the broad constellation of functional networks that would be needed for true action understanding. Here's the quote from Chapter 7 in my book:Other systems that are likely linked up to the posterior temporal (and perhaps STS) action understanding convergence zone include temporal lobe regions...
Source: Talking Brains - May 23, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
PHD candidate position at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain)
www.bcbl.eu (Center of excellence Severo Ochoa)Applications are invited for a 4-year full-time PhD Studentship in cognitive neuroscience of language at the Basque Center on Brain Cognition and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian (Spain) to investigate plasticity changes in brain language networks using MEG in patients that undergo brain surgery. Applicants should have a Masters degree in Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer science, Neuroscience, Engineering, Psychology, or neighbor areas, with a strong interest in the key areas of cognitive neuroscience that are relevant for the research, coupled with strong comp...
Source: Talking Brains - May 23, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Postdoctoral Research Position Available
One postdoctoral research position is available at the NeuroImaging and Electrophysiology Lab (www.tandonlab.org) in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. This position is funded by a recently awarded BRAIN Initiative U01 grant for which Dr. Tandon is the PI. The project uses intracranial EEG (iEEG) recordings on a large cohort (n=80) to evaluate psycho-linguistic models of reading and speech production with the goal being to create network level representation of language. Collaborators on the project with whom the post-doc will work closely are Nathan Crone (Hopkins), Greg H...
Source: Talking Brains - May 19, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Job Opportunity: DIRECTOR Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute Elkins Park, PA
The Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute (MRRI)invites inquiries, applications and nominations for the position of Director.MRRI is an internationally recognized research institute dedicated to three focus areas: Cognitive neuroscience and cognitive rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury treatments and outcomes, and movement sciences and mobility rehabilitation. MRRI shares the health campus with MossRehab and Einstein Medical Center at Elkins Park, PA. MRRI and MossRehab are part of the larger Einstein Healthcare Network. This is an outstanding leadership opportunity to substantially build upon a world-class, ...
Source: Talking Brains - May 4, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Neurobiology of Language, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
The Language, Cognition and Brain Sciences (LCBS) laboratory at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Research Fellow to contribute to a range of research projects investigating the neurobiology of language in both healthy and language-impaired individuals. Applicants should have completed a PhD for qualification in psychology, linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, speech pathology or an equivalent field, and have proven technical ability with a demonstrated publication track record in neuroimaging/neurophysiological techniques.Work conducted within the lab ...
Source: Talking Brains - April 26, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
International Multisensory Research Forum in Nashville, TN - Abstract Submissions Open!
The 18th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF) is returning to the United States for the first time since 2009, and will be held at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, from Friday, May 19th through Monday, May 22nd.This annual gathering of the international multisensory research community provides a platform for scientists from around the world to highlight research investigating the neural processes across multiple sensory modalities and their impact on perception and behavior. This meeting is a rich, multidisciplinary forum for cognitive scientists, neuroscientists...
Source: Talking Brains - April 1, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: David Poeppel Source Type: blogs
Guest blog post from Dial & Martin on Dual Stream models
The following is a guest post from Heather Dial and Randi Martin. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Greg Hickok has noted several positive aspects of our recent paper but also claims that we have misunderstood the dual stream model and that our findings are, in fact, consistent with this model. We wish to respond to his arguments focusing on two main points: claims of the dual stream model and implications of our data.Regarding the dual stream modelIn this blog post, Hickok argues that we have misunderstood the dual stream model claims regarding sublexical processing. However, we argue that there is a ...
Source: Talking Brains - March 31, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Misunderstandings of the Hickok & Poeppel Dual Stream framework: Comments on Dial & Martin 2017
A recent paper by Dial& Martin (DM) presents some interesting data on the relation between performance on a range of different speech perception tasks including some that have been the topic of discussion on this blog and in many of my papers. These include syllable discrimination and auditory comprehension among others. I have argued in several papers with David Poeppel and others that these two tasks differentially engage the dorsal (syllable discrimination) and ventral streams (comprehension). DM sought to test this claim by testing how well these tasks hang together or dissociate in a group of 13 aph...
Source: Talking Brains - March 22, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
RESEARCH FACULTY POSITIONS at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain)
www.bcbl.eu (Center of excellence Severo Ochoa)The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) together with IKERBASQUE (Basque Foundation for Science) offer 3 permanent IKERBASQUE Research Professor positions in the following areas:-Language acquisition- Any area of Language processing and/or disorders with advanced experience in MRI- Any area of Language processing and/or disorders with advanced experience in MEGThe BCBL Center (recently awarded the label of excellence Severo Ochoa) promotes a vibrant research environment without substantial teaching obligations. It provides acc...
Source: Talking Brains - March 13, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
