[Face-research-list] PhD Scholarship in Social Cognition and Emotion Processing

Dear All, There is currently a PhD scholarship (AUD$30,000 per annum for 3.5 years) available for a student to work with me, Dr Ans Vercammen and Professor Peter Rendell on a project examining the development and decline of social cognition and emotion processing. The successful applicant would be based in Sydney at the Australian Catholic University's Sydney (Strathfield) campus. See project description below. Could I please ask for your assistance in forwarding this email to anyone who may be a suitable applicant, or who may know someone else who would be? Potential applicants should contact me in the first instance at Megan.Willis(a)acu.edu.au Many thanks, Megan *Project Title: *The Development and Decline of Social Cognition and Emotion Processing *Project Description:* This project will examine how the capacity to recognise emotion in others, and the ability to use this information to guide social behaviour develops in childhood and declines in older adulthood. More specifically, this project will focus on investigating the cognitive, neural and physiological mechanisms that underpin social cognitive abilities and emotion processing. With a particular view to understanding the way in which these capacities develop throughout childhood and decline in older adulthood. The project will employ a range of methodologies, including skin conductance responses (SCR), facial electromyography (EMG) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). *Dr Megan Willis* *Lecturer | School of Psychology* *Australian Catholic University* C1.40 Edward Clancy Building Mount St Mary Campus 25a Barker Road / Locked Bag 2002 Strathfield NSW 2135 *T:* +61 2 9701 4501 *F:* +61 2 9746 3059 *W: *www.acu.edu.au