A two-year Post-Doctoral position in cognitive developmental
psychology starting January 2009 is offered in Marseille, Laboratoire
de Psychologie Cognitive (France), UMR 6146, CNRS.
http://www.univ-provence.fr/lpc/
The project is part of a collaborative research program, funded by
l #8217;Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, ANR) involving a German
group, leaded by Prof. Jutta Kray at the University of Saarbrücken,
and Prof. Agnes Blaye in Marseille.
It investigates cognitive flexibility processes across the life span.
More specifically it is focused on the role of verbal regulation in
task switching and the understanding of the interrelationships between
working memory and processes underlying flexibility.
The post-doc researcher will be a highly qualified fellow competent
in the areas of interest (both developmental and aging literature in
general, and cognitive control/flexibility in particular). A good
expertise in the field of task-switching in adults will be valued.
The fellow will participate in the designing of protocols, programming
of experiments (E prime, DMDX), data analysis (SPPS, Statistica) and
writing of scientific article. He/she will be in charge of co-
ordinating other partners #8217; contributions to the ongoing research
at all stages in the project, make sure schedule is respected, train
graduate students involved in data collection etc #8230;.
The search will continue until an appropriate candidate has been
identified. Applications should include a CV, a description of
research experience related to the issues stated above (less than one
page), and contact details of two referees. They must be send to agnes.blaye [ à ] univ-provence.fr
Agnes Blaye must also be contacted for any further inquiry.
Agnès Blaye, Prof.
Université de Provence
Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive
UMR 6146
3, place Victor Hugo
Bat. 9, Case D
13331 Marseille Cedex 1
Tel. (00)33 4 91 10 65 85
Fax. (00) 33 4 88 57 68 95
http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/wlpc/blaye
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