Cognitive Science at the University of Connecticut

05/04/2017

Job offer for a postdoctoral researcher: Measuring human cognition and the brain using virtual reality

Full-time position for 2 years at the Max Planck Institut for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig -your office will be in central Berlin

Preferred starting date: August 1, 2017
Application deadline: May 31, 2017

For more information, please contact Dr. Michael Gaebler([email protected]).

Please submit your application via our online system at http://www.cbs.mpg.de/vacancies (subject heading is “PD 11/17”). The deadline for application submission is May 31, 2017.

Use the links listed on the left to access the Institute’s current job vacancies. If you cannot find a suitable position, you are welcome to submit a initiative application. Applicants who have already registered through the Applicant Management System can view their profile via the applicant portal...

04/04/2017

PostDoc and Lab Mgr Job Opportunities at Duke

The Bergelson Lab at Duke is seeking1-2 *postdoctoral* researchers.The Bergelson Lab studies language acquisition, with a focus on early word learning. Research projects in the lab investigate both the relation between word learning and other aspects of linguistic representation (phonetics, syntax, prosody) and the interface between word learning and
socio-cognitive development writ large.Researchers in the lab will use *corpus* methods to analyze the SEEDLingS Corpus (a rich longitudinal audio/video/comprehension/production corpus), and *behavioral* methods (e.g. eye-tracking, discrimination, and production studies) to query infant language development.

*Desiderata include:*
* strong statistics/analysis background
* knowledge of relevant software & programming tools (e.g. Praat, Python, Audacity, Datavyu, R)
* evidence of publication-quality dissertation research
* experience in human research design and implementation (cognition and/or developmental psych, cogsci, linguistics, and related fields)
* coursework and research expertise in *more than one* of the following:
psycholinguistics, longitudinal data analysis, statistical modeling, corpus research, spoken language comprehension, eyetracking analysis, language production, individual differences research, automated speech recognition,
visual saliency analyses

To apply, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject line "Bergelson Postdoc Application" and the following items:
a) current CV (including names and contact details of 3 references)
b) dissertation summary (1-2 pages)
c) letter of Interest highlighting how your research background complements the labs' interests.

Applications will be reviewed beginning *May 1st* and will continue until 1-2 suitable candidates are selected.Start date negotiable, preferably between 6/1/17 and 9/1/17. PhD must be in-hand at start of postdoc.

The Bergelson Lab at Duke , an NIH and
NEH funded lab in Duke's Psychology & Neuroscience department, is looking to hire an excited, competent, and detail-oriented recent graduate to be an active member of our research team as *lab manager*. The lab's focus is on
language development, and in particular, on how word learning interfaces with other levels of linguistic representation, and other dimensions of cognitive and social development.

The lab manager position entails working with families, infants, and toddlers, and a team of researchers from the undergraduate to postdoctoral level.The lab manager's duties will include:
* managing a team of RAs in various annotation-related tasks for the home recordings in the SEEDLingS Corpus
,
* scheduling and running in-lab eyetracking and discrimination experiments with infants and adults,
* data processing, coding, and analysis,
* vocabulary assessment and other cognitive development measures,
* miscellaneous aspects of project and lab upkeep.This would be an excellent position for someone looking for research experience with infants and families, in visual, environmental, social, and linguistic aspects of cognitive development.

The lab manager's contribution would potentially lead to authorship on posters, conference talks, and papers published from the results of these data, and hands-on involvement in the nuts-and-bolts of research in cognitive development.

*Requirements:*
* BA or BS in psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, or a related field
* strong independent work ethic
* previous research experience in a psych, cogsci, linguistics, or related research lab
* Ability to manage deadlines and thrive in a fast-paced working environment
* Feeling comfortable interacting with infants and families
* Ability to troubleshoot and learn software and scripting methods on-the-job

*Other desiderata:*
* experience with audio, video, and image file manipulation
* basic programming skills (e.g. Python and R),
* experience interacting with infants and families
* eyetracking experience (desired but not required)

The position begins *June or July 2017. *This is a one year position, with the possibility of extension.

Applicants should send a *CV* (which includes GPA, relevant course and research experience, and references) and a *cover letter *to [email protected] with the title
"Bergelson Lab Manager Position".

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with the goal of hiring the best candidate by the end of May if not sooner.

The Study of Environmental Effects on Developing Linguistic Skills (SEEDLingS) is an initiative to explain how infants' early linguistic and environmental input plays a role in their learning.

04/03/2017

Last Call for LangFest Registration

Please note that we have extended the deadline for registration and
poster presentations for Language Fest 2017 until Monday, April 3. If you are interested in presenting a poster, all you will need to provide at this time is a title and authors. We look forward to seeing you at the Fest!

03/20/2017

The Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (CT IBACS) is pleased to announce a new call for applications to its seed grant fund.

Full details (and forms for the required letter of intent) can be found on the Institute website.

The seed fund is intended to fund activities in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (broadly construed) that are likely to lead to applications for external funding, or which otherwise contribute to the mission of the Institute. Preference will be given to activities that involve collaboration and expertise across laboratories and/or traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Applications for small grants (

03/20/2017

Postdoctoral Fellow Position in the Cognitive Development Lab at Wesleyan University

The Cognitive Development Lab at Wesleyan University, directed by Dr. Anna Shusterman, is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow to start on or before July 1, 2017. The Cognitive Development Lab at Wesleyan University, headed by Dr. Anna Shusterman, is seeking a full-time Post-Doctoral Fellow for an NSF-funded project on early number acquisition exploring the role of language and syntax in number acquisition. The post-doc will be responsible for working closely with the PI, a dedicated project manager, and undergraduate research assistants to carry out the goals of the study, as well as other projects including preschool mathematics, socio-emotional development, and research-to-practice translation in early childhood settings.

Primary Responsibilities
The post-doc will be involved in research design, data collection and analysis, subject recruitment, and management of grant/IRB/human subjects protocols; supervision of research assistants; manuscript preparation and editing; conference presentations; coordinating with collaborators in the US and abroad; and disseminating findings to non-science audiences. Travel will most likely be required.

The post-doc will also have time, support, and resources to develop and work on an independent research program.

Required Qualifications
Doctoral in Psychology or a related field.
Research background in cognitive or language development.
Demonstrated ability to work with children.
Experience with experimental research design and statistical analysis.
Proficiency with basic computer platforms (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).
Proficiency with statistical analysis software and research tools (e.g., R, SPSS, PRISM, etc.).
Highly motivated, organized, and detail-oriented.
Able to take initiative and incorporate feedback.
Able & willing to travel.
Exceptional cultural sensitivity.
Excellent writing and communication skills.
Demonstrated commitment to work within a diverse environment and interact openly with individuals of different backgrounds.

Preferred qualifications include experience with preferential looking methodologies and past success in mentoring undergraduate research students. The ideal candidate will be self-directed and confident working both independently and with others in a busy and active research environment.

This is a one-year grant-funded position. Continuation of this position is dependent upon continued grant funding.

To apply, please email a cover letter, CV, names and contact information for three references to Maddy Barclay ([email protected]). In addition, please submit your application to https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5775.

The Cognitive Development Lab at Wesleyan University, headed by Dr. Anna Shusterman, is seeking a full-time Post-Doctoral Fellow for an NSF-funded project on early number acquisition. The Post-Doc will be responsible for working closely with the PI, a dedicated project manager, and undergraduate res...

03/07/2017

Register now for the IBACS Meet and Speak event.

Dear Research Community,

The CT Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (IBACS) invites you to a two-day “Meet and Speak” event on March 23rd and 24th where affiliated faculty (from the Storrs campus and UConn Health Center) will give 15 minute presentations describing, in accessible language, the research they have carried out, or propose carrying out, with seed funding previously awarded by IBACS. Graduate Students affiliated with the Institute will be performing short “datablitz” style presentations about their involvement in Seed Funded or related research.

The event will provide an opportunity to learn more about the diverse research that IBACS affiliates are engaged in, and will provide a forum for cross-disciplinary networking.

The event will be held in The Great Room at the Alumni Center.

Lunch and other refreshments will be provided. Each day will start at approximately 9:00 (with coffee/tea) and finish at 3:30, with lunch from 12:30-1:30 and discussion/poster session between 2:30-3:30.

If you are interested in attending all or part of this 2-day event, please register by March 17 (space and food will be limited). Attendance at each session or each day is not required, and you will be able to specify on the registration form which morning(s) or afternoon(s) you can attend.

visit our website to register. www.ibacs.uconn.edu/events/

IBACS Meet-and-Speak Event Date: Thursday, March 23rd & Friday, March 24th, 2017 Time: 9:00am-3:30pm Location: UConn Alumni Center &nb...

03/03/2017

IBACS is pleased to announce the formation of the External Application Review (EAR) panel. Our aim is to provide P*s with feedback on grant development in order to facilitate external funding efforts related to the Brain and Cognitive Sciences. We can also help organize more general grant mentoring for faculty with little grant writing experience -- see the EAR page.

P*s may request EAR review at the link above. In brief, EAR will locate 2-3 appropriate reviewers for your application. By default, the EAR process has two stages. First, early on, you will meet with the reviewers and EAR representatives for an in-person presentation of the grant outline, allowing reviewers to help you identify strengths and weaknesses before the grant is fully developed. Second, reviewers and EAR representatives will review your written grant, providing you with mock reviews in time to strengthen your application prior to submission. Details about the process and deadlines can be found at the link above.

Please check out the details and consider letting EAR help you strengthen upcoming grants.

http://ibacs.uconn.edu/ear/

  One of IBACS’ goals is to facilitate external funding applications. The IBACS Grants Panel is a small interdisciplinary group tasked with ...

02/28/2017

tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) at the Brain Imaging Research Center

For those of you who are not aware, up at the Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC) we have a brand new, state-of-the-art tDCS/tACS GTEN system manufactured by EGI.
tDCS, or transcranial direct current stimulation, is a noninvasive neurostimulation technique similar to TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation). It can be used to modulate excitability of brain regions to improve or impair performance on various tasks.

tACS, or transcranial alternating current stimulation, is also a noninvasive neurostimulation technique used to manipulate cortical oscillations.
We are planning on running a tDCS study in the future, and we thought it would be useful to set up a tDCS group (e.g., using Slack or other sharing software) so we will be able to share resources such as IRBs, scripts, protocols, questionnaires, etc.

If you are planning on running a tDCS/tACS study or you’re interested in tDCS/tACS, please email us at [email protected] and we will be in touch!
Feel free to forward this message to anyone you think might be interested in tDCS/tACS!
Sincerely,
Gitte Joergensen & Hannah Morrow

02/27/2017

Date Change: LangFest 4/29

Due to a large number of our language scientists wishing to take part in the March for Science on April 22, we have moved Language Fest 2017 to the following Saturday, April 29. We hope that everyone who had previously registered or signed up to present a poster will still be able to attend, but if you cannot, please email Ashley Parker at [email protected].

For those who have not yet registered, please do so by March 27th (no registration deadlines have changed).

02/16/2017

These would be excellent positions for undergrads interested in pursuing cognitive science.

1. Full-time Lab Manager / Research Assistant at the University
of Delaware - Language Acquisition and Brain Lab

2. Research Assistant Position at the Kuperberg Lab (Tufts University/Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Mass. General Hospital,)

DETAIL BELOW:

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:40:11 -0500
From: Zhenghan QI
To: [email protected]
Subject: Full-time Lab Manager / Research Assistant at the
University of Delaware - Language Acquisition and Brain Lab

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The Language Acquisition & Brain Lab at the University of Delaware (QLAB),
directed by Dr. Zhenghan Qi, seeks a
highly capable and motivated individual to serve as a full time Limited
Term Researcher (LTR). LTR?s are appointed for a one-year term, with
reappointment possible based on performance and funding for two additional
years. The QLAB utilizes cutting-edge technology (eye-tracking, EEG, and
fMRI) to probe the cognitive and neural mechanisms of language development
in both the healthy population and children with developmental disorders
(e.g. autism spectrum disorders, dyslexia, and language impairment). This
candidate will serve as a research assistant and laboratory manager.

*Job Description:*

The candidate will be responsible for design and implementation of
experiments; conducting behavioral and neuroimaging experiments; data
analysis; and performing basic administrative duties, including maintaining
compliance with the University IRB, purchasing materials, and managing
participant outreach and recruitment.

The candidate will work directly with the PI and will have opportunities to
participate in reading groups and research seminars; attend conferences;
collaborate on publications; and supervise undergraduate researchers. The
candidate may also participate in a number of ongoing collaborative
projects with faculty at other universities including MIT, Harvard Medical
School, Boston University, and the University of Sydney.

This position is ideally suited for individuals who are interested in
pursuing a doctorate degree in the fields of medicine, communication
sciences and disorders, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and education.

*Job Requirements:*

Bachelor?s degree in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, biology,
physics, math, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field
is required. Prior research experience in developmental psychology or
neuroimaging labs is desired. Proficiency in programming languages (e.g.
MATLAB, Python, or BASH) is strongly preferred. The candidate must be
self-motivated, mature, and able to interact with children and families.

The position offers excellent benefits (including dental and vision) and a
dynamic and exciting working environment. A review of applications will
begin on 15 March 2017, and the position will remain open until filled. The
expected start date for the position is Fall 2017 (August or September).

*Materials: Please submit a CV, cover letter, unofficial transcript, and
contact information of three references sent to Dr. Zhenghan Qi, at
[email protected] .*

--
Zhenghan Qi, MD/PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
Office: 46 - 4033D
Tel: 617-324-4959
http://zqi.scripts.mit.edu/www/

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 19:33:22 +0000
From: "Warnke, Lena"
To: "[email protected]"
Subject: Research Assistant Position at the Kuperberg Lab

Research Technician Position

START DATE: Summer 2017

JOB DESCRIPTION OVERVIEW: We are seeking a full time Research Technician to assist with all aspects of our cognitive neuroscience and psycholinguistic research. Our lab is interested in where and when the brain is activated during language processing. For more information about what we do, see: http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/kuperberglab/. The responsibilities of this position are very varied and involve the coordination of all aspects of research projects, including collecting and analyzing neuroimaging (fMRI, MEG, ERP) data, statistical analysis, scientific manuscript writing, and maintaining the day-to-day operations of the lab.

In addition to the intellectual reward, the position would give the holder experience of research in cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, psycholinguistics, clinical applications, as well as database and program management. This is an ideal research opportunity for someone bound for graduate school in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive science, psycholinguistics or cognitive psychology. Our lab has sites at both Tufts University (Medford, MA) and the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Charlestown, MA), both of which are easily accessible from Boston, MA.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
(1) B.A., B.Sc. degree in Experimental Psychology, Linguistics, Computer Science, or a closely related field
(2) Strong interest in how language is processed in the brain.
(3) Very strong quantitative and analytic skills.
(4) Some research experience with statistics and familiarity with statistical analysis software such as SPSS or R.
(5) Strong computational skills and some programming experience (e.g. Python, R, MATLAB) and familiarity with Linux/Unix environments and bash/shell scripting.
(6) Very strong organizational skills: Must be self-motivated, resourceful, very organized, able to multi-task and prioritize.
(7) Ability to work well in teams, with strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
(8) A two-year time commitment is requested.

OTHER: Salary will be based on qualifications and experience. Massachusetts General Hospital is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Full-time employees receive full benefits.

CONTACT:
Please apply through mghcareers.org, and search for job number 3033668 (Research Technician I).

--
Lena Warnke
Research Assistant, NeuroCognition Lab
Tufts University and the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Administrative Assistant, Cognitive Science Program
Tufts University

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02/14/2017

The Linguistics Colloquium Series is having a talk next Friday, 02/24, in Oak 408 (NOTICE DIFFERENT LOCATION), at 4:00pm.

We would like to invite you to join us and see Prof. Chris Collins's (New York University) talk 'On the Syntax and Semantics of Negated Quantifier Phrases'. The abstract is attached below.

Information about the speaker can be found here: http://linguistics.as.nyu.edu/object/ChrisCollins.html

The Linguistics Colloquium Series is a student-organized event sponsored by the UConn Department of Linguistics and the UConn Graduate Student Senate.

We hope to see you there!

Gabriel & Paula

Abstract:

In this talk, I discuss negation in examples such as those in (1):

(1) a. Not every student attended class.
b. Not many people were at the party.

I discuss problems with Lasnik's 1972/1976 Pre-S analysis of such
examples. In Lasnik's analysis, negation is generated in a clause
initial position by the phrase structure rule in (2):

(2) S --> Pre-S NP VP

I present evidence based on scope freezing effects for the constituent
structure in (3):

(3) a. [not every student] attended class.
b. [not many people] were at the party.

Lastly, I discuss criteria for diagnosing inner versus outer negation,
illustrated in (4):

(4) a. [[not every] student] attended class. (inner negation)
b. [not [every student]] attended class. (outer negation)

02/13/2017

LnagFest Update:

The Language Fest planning committee is excited to announce two new additions to this year’s Fest that might be of interest to the undergraduate and graduate students in the Cog Sci Program.

(1) We will be awarding at least four Best Poster Awards to undergraduate students. To qualify, the undergraduate student must (i) be the lead investigator on the project, (ii) be the presenting/first author on the poster, and (iii) submit a finalized version of the poster (in PDF format) to [email protected] by April 15.
(2) In addition to the traditional poster presentations, we are providing the opportunity for doing a more non-traditional presentation, such as a video presentation or demoing a piece of software/equipment. For more information, please contact Ashley Parker ([email protected]).