As a research assistant you will conduct a large-scale replication of a study showing that humans can solve arithmetic equations that they have not consciously perceived. The outcome of this study has profound implications for the functional role of human consciousness. This project is funded by an NWO grant for Replication Studies, which aims at replicating recent findings with particularly strong theoretical implications.
 
You will be involved in all stages of the research cycle, including building the experimental set-up, programming the experiment, recruiting and testing participants, pre-processing the data, analysing the data, and writing a report. This will be done in close collaboration with the supervisor (Dr Surya Gayet) and head of the Visual Cognitive Neuroscience lab (Dr Marius Peelen).
 
During a one-year period, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in a stimulating academic environment. You can also participate in lab meetings with PhD candidates, postdocs and PIs and attend lectures from guest researchers at the Donders Institute.

Required:

• Master’s degree in Cognitive Science, Psychology, Neuroscience, or a related field;
• prior experience with testing human subjects;
• interest in research in general, and cognitive science in particular;
• hands-on mentality;
• independent and problem-solving skills.

 
Preferred:

• interest in subfields of ‘consciousness’ and/or ‘vision’;
• ambition to pursue a career in research;
• programming experience (MatLab).

• employment: 0.7 FTE
• a maximum gross monthly salary of € 3,445 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 8)
• in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• duration of the contract: 1 year
• you will be classified as an Education and Research Officer, Level 3 in the Dutch university job-ranking system (UFO)
• you will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service where our Dual Career Officer will assist with family related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation

 
You will be part of the Visual Cognitive Neuroscience lab, headed by Dr. Marius Peelen: sites.google.com/site/peelenlab/.

Are you interested in our excellent employment conditions?

FSW/Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour is a world-class interfaculty research centre, and houses more than 600 researchers devoted to understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of the human mind. Research at the Donders Institute is focused around four themes:
1. Language and communication;
2. Perception, action and control;
3. Plasticity and memory;
4. Brain networks and neuronal communication.
 
Excellent, state-of-the-are research facilities are available for the broad range of neuroscience research that is conducted at the Donders Institute. Recently, the Donders Institute was assessed by an international evaluation committee as excellent and recognised as a ‘very stimulating environment for top researchers, as well as for young talent’. The Donders Institute fosters a collaborative, multidisciplinary, supportive research environment with a diverse international staff. English is the lingua franca at the Institute.
 
You will be part of the Visual Cognitive Neuroscience lab, headed by Dr Marius Peelen: sites.google.com/site/peelenlab/.
 
Further information on Visual Cognitive Neuroscience