Department of Psychology,
We are seeking a creative and motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on an ESRC-funded project at Dr Deborah Talmi's Emotional Cognition Lab at the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge (https://dtalmi.wixsite.com/emotional-cognition), working collaboratively with Prof Rik Henson at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/rik.henson) and Prof Emily Holmes (Uppsala, Sweden).
This post will involve conducting innovative computational research on human memory, contrasting two theories on how memory changes when experiences are traumatic. The primary objective of this position is to develop temporal context models which can integrate new empirical evidence collected at the lab as part of this ongoing project.
Please note there is a requirement for this position to work from the office in central Cambridge
The successful candidate(s) will have
_ a strong quantitative background
_ demonstrable interest in computational neuroscience and/or mathematical psychology
_ obtained (or be close to the completion of) a PhD or equivalent in computational neuroscience, computational cognitive science, physics, mathematics, computer science, machine learning, statistics, engineering or a related field.