<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">A postdoc position is available in the </span><a href="https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~astocker/lab" class="">Computational Perception and Cognition Laboratory</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> of Alan Stocker at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.</span><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The position is part of the ongoing NSF-funded project ‘Choice-induced biases in human decision-making’ in collaboration with the laboratory of </span><a href="https://tobiasdonner.net" class="">Tobias Donner</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> at the University Medical Center Hamburg, Germany. The goal of the project is to understand how decisions influence the memory of past (consistency bias) but also the evaluation of future evidence (confirmation bias) in human decision-making. The project employs a highly interdisciplinary approach that combines psychophysical and functional neuroimaging (MEG) experiments with theory and computational modeling.</span><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The position focuses on the development of computational and neural models of subjects’ behavior in such decision-tasks and their validation against psychophysical and neural data. The project provides the opportunity to visit the partner lab in Hamburg and gain first-hand experience with MEG data acquisition and analysis.</span><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Candidates from all backgrounds are considered. However, a good theoretical/ computational background and experience in working with computer models and simulations is expected. Experience with the technical aspects of running psychophysical experiments is a plus. Above all, however, we are looking for candidates who are deeply curious about the theoretical principles underlying human decision- behavior.</span><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The position is funded for up two years with the possibility for extensions. The lab laboratory is embedded in the University of Pennsylvania’s strong and vibrant neuroscience and cognitive science community (</span><a href="https://mindcore.sas.upenn.edu" class="">mindCORE</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">, </span><a href="https://cni.upenn.edu" class="">CNI</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">), providing the new lab member with a very interactive research environment.</span><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Please send any questions and submit applications (CV, publications, brief statement of research interests and skills, and names of 2-3 references) to Alan Stocker (</span><a href="mailto:astocker@psych.upenn.edu" class="">astocker@psych.upenn.edu</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">).</span><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></font><div class="">
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