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Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL.

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate at the
UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , University College London.

The position is full-time and is available from 1st October 2007 until 30th September 2009, working on an MRC funded Research Grant: "Crossmodal attention and multisensory integration in the human brain", held by Professor Jon Driver in collaboration with Martin Eimer.

The post-holder will play a leading role in conducting research in association with Professor Jon Driver, concerning multisensory integration in the human brain, as studied with fMRI, TMS, concurrent fMRI-TMS, EEG, MEG, and psychophysics, in both healthy controls and neurological patients. The post-holder will design, implement, complete and write up experiments, in close collaboration with Jon Driver and others.

Essential skills include:
*  Strong research experience in human cognitive neuroscience
*  PhD in cognitive neuroscience, psychology or a related field
*  Experience in conducting research with any or all of the following methods;
fMRI, MEG. EEG, TMS, psychophysics
*  Interest and knowledge in the research fields of selective attention and of multisensory integration,in the normal and damaged human brain.
* Experience with software used for fMRI, MEG and EEG datasets
* Strong record of publishing in high-impact peer-review journals in the fiel

- Some expertise or experience in somatosensory processing would be welcome.

Salary will be within Grade 8 of the academic salary scale, from £33,779-£35,837 plus £2,572 London Allowance, depending on knowledge and experience.

Applications (e-mail or hard copy) by covering letter, CV and Personal Information form (the latter available at:
http://www.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/info/Personal_Information.doc ), by email to k.knapp@ucl.ac.uk or by regular mail to Kathryn Knapp, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR.

If applying by e-mail please submit all requested information in one .pdf file named by your surname (eg Smith.pdf) to
k.knapp@ucl.ac.uk . Further information concerning the post is at: http://www.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/info/driver_rf.htm

Taking Action For Equality
The closing date for applications is 31 August 2007

Contact Information:
Kathryn Knapp
ICN, 17 Queen Square
London WC1N 3AR UK
k.knapp@ucl.ac.uk
www.icn.ucl.ac.uk
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Christian Ruff, PhD
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience & 
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
University College London
17 Queen Square
London WC1N 3AR
United Kingdom

Phone: + 44 (0)207 679 1125
Fax:   + 44 (0)207 813 2835