Call for Position: DTIC-PSR-2023-21 - Research Support position - Multisensory Integration and Conflict

This is a research assistant opportunity to work in the Multisensory Research Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Applications are invited for a research assistant position to contribute to our research on Multisensory Integration and Conflict. The project is led by Salvador Soto-Faraco, at the Center for Brain and Cognition -- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). The position is funded by the project Multisensory Integration and Conflict AEI-PID2019-108531GB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 financed by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU), State Research Agency (AEI). The end date of the project is 31/12/2023. Program: PN Generación de Conocimiento 2019.

We seek a highly motivated research assistant to join a multidisciplinary project team to contribute to work on how the conflict monitoring system plays a role in multisensory perception by regulating different possible representations of the incoming sensory inputs. The research assistant will help design experiments, analyse behavioural and EEG data, and apply computational models (Bayesian Causal Inference).

Tasks:

• Design behavioural and EEG experiments in human populations
• Analyse behavioural and electrophysiological data
• Modelling using models from the Bayesian Causal Inference framework
• Assist with writing papers

Conditions:

• The expected start date is September 1st, 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter.
• The duration of the tasks is estimated for a period of 4 months (until 31/12/2023).
• Remote work is not possible.
• Planned remuneration: 34.072,76 € gross / year approx.