Postdoc Positions “Functional interaction between action sounds and action semantics.”

Full-time position for a post-doctoral scientist and 65% position for a PhD student

Berlin, Limited to 3 years

 

These positions are part of a new research project supported

by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which addresses the

functional interaction between action sounds and action

semantics.

 

The neurobiological mechanisms of semantic

processing will be investigated with neuro- and

psycholinguistic methods.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Research on the biological basis of language and

communication with neuro- and psycholinguistic methods using

neuroimaging procedures (EEG/MEG, ECoG, fMRI, MS) and

behavioral experiments.

  • Planning, execution, evaluation and publication of

experiments on semantic processing

 

Requirements:

  • MA, MSc or comparable university degree in a relevant area

(linguistics, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, medicine)

  • For the postdoc position: PhD in a relevant field

 

Desirable:

  • Research experience in the neuroscience of language
  • Very good English skills
  • In addition, for the postdoc position: readiness to take

on university teaching in neurolinguistics and semantics;

experience in university administration (e.g., grant

administration).

 

Applications should be sent by e-mail until 3 July 2017 to

the following address: verena.arndt@fu-berlin.de (PA Prof.

Friedemann Pulvermüller) or by post to:

 

Freie Universität Berlin

Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften

Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie

Prof. Dr. Friedemann Pulvermüller

Habelschwerdter Allee 45

14195 Berlin, Germany

 

By submitting an online application, you as an applicant

agree that your data will be electronically processed and

stored.

Please note that in the case of unprotected electronic

transmission of your application the Freie Universität

Berlin can give no guarantee for the security of transmitted

personal data.

 

Verena Arndt

Sekretariat Prof. Dr. Dr. Pulvermüller

FU Berlin, FB Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften, WE4

Labor für Gehirn- und Sprachforschung

Leitung: Prof. Dr. Dr. Pulvermüller

http://brainlang.fu-berlin.de/

Habelschwerdter Allee 45

14195 Berlin

Tel. 030-83858140

Fax 030-838458140

verena.arndt@fu-berlin.de <mailto:verena.arndt@fu-berlin.de>