April 2016 - Face-research-list - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

face research opportunity at University of Glasgow
by Benedict Jones 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Face research opportunity at University of Glasgow We are advertising for a postdoc or RA to work on an ERC-funded project on social perception of faces. The job advert is below. Email the PI (ben.jones(a)glasgow.ac.uk) for more information. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANN883/research-assistant-associate/

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older adults face stimuli
by Anna Bobak 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

Dear All, I'm looking for a database with older adult (70 years old and above) faces, ideally where multiple images of the same person are available. Any help or advice where to look for such stimuli set would be greatly appreciated. With very best wishes, Anna Anna Bobak Research Fellow Bournemouth University Department of Psychology Faculty of Science and Technology Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow Poole, BH12 5BB Email: abobak(a)bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:abobak@bournemouth.ac.uk> Tel: 01202 961532 BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.

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research assistant and psychologist positions at Max Planck Institute-CBS, Leipzig, Germany
by Katharina von Kriegstein 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

Applications are welcomed for two positions in the Human Communication group lead by Katharina von Kriegstein at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI-CBS) in Leipzig, Germany. Research in the group focuses on the investigation of neural mechanisms of human communication using a broad spectrum of neuroscientific methods (functional and structural MRI, MEG, tDCS, TMS). Research involves typically developed populations as well as populations with developmental communication deficits (developmental dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder, phonagnosia, proposagnosia). Research Assistant: http://www.mpg.de/10451891/research-assistant-lab-manager The position will involve recruiting participants, running behavioural tests, assistance with data-acquisition in MRI, TMS and tDCS studies, assistance with data analyses, grant writing and literature searches, attending lab meetings, supervising undergraduate students in the lab and overseeing day-to-day lab operations. The position is available part or full time. It includes the opportunity to pursue a variety of research opportunities that can result in authorship on academic publications. Psychologist: http://www.mpg.de/10451838/20161504-1 (in German) The position is available part time. The main duty will be to support diagnostic testing in people with communication disorders (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, developmental prosopagnosia). The position offers the possibility to be involved in research. For further information on the positions and instructions on how to apply please follow the links provided above. --- Katharina von Kriegstein Max Planck Research Group Leader Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Stephanstr. 1A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Humboldt University of Berlin Rudower Chaussee 18, 12489 Berlin, Germany Phone +49 (0) 341-9940-2476 Fax +49 (0) 341-9940-2448 http://www.cbs.mpg.de/independent-research-groups/human-communication

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