Start Date
Immediate
Expiry Date
11 Apr, 25
Salary
41255.0
Posted On
05 Mar, 25
Experience
0 year(s) or above
Remote Job
Yes
Telecommute
Yes
Sponsor Visa
No
Skills
Good communication skills
Industry
Hospital/Health Care
ABOUT US
University College London ranked 2nd in overallResearch Power in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (Oxford 1st,Cambridge 3rd). It maintained its top position in the UK forresearch power in the ‘medicine, health and life sciences’ panel, includingpsychology, psychiatry and neurosciences. Within UCL, we are based at theDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences (PALS), which has ranked 2ndworldwide for Psychology in the latest Times Higher Education rankings bysubject.
ABOUT YOU
Applicants must hold a First class honours degree and/or Masters in experimental psychology, neuroscience, engineering or computer science. We are seeking applicants with proficiency and prior experience with programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with the enthusiasm and aptitude for developing technical skills in other programming languages (e.g. R, Python, javascript) as required. A strong interest in the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of consciousness science is essential.
Further information about the scientific aspects of the position can be obtained by contacting Steve Fleming at stephen.fleming@ucl.ac.uk For information about the application process please contact pals.hr@ucl.ac.uk
ABOUT THE ROLE
Applications are invited for a research assistant position in the MetaLab at University College London, funded by UKRI Frontier Research (ERC Consolidator) Award “ConsciousComputation”. The focus of the grant is to develop a detailed computational account of conscious awareness, and to pursue hypothesis-driven tests of the model architecture using a combination of psychophysics, metacognitive measures and state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques (including MEG and 7T fMRI). The post holder will assist with all aspects of conducting high quality research combining novel behavioural and neuroimaging experiments on human participants with theoretical and computational modeling. The role will involve working closely with postdoctoral research associates and other team members to collect, curate and analyse human subjects data, and ensure the efficient running of all aspects of the project.
Further information about the MetaLab is available at http://metacoglab.org/ The expected start date is March 2025. The post is funded for 12 months, in the first instance and is offered at a salary of £38,607- 41,255 (including London Allowance).
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
Linked-in
Google