We seek a highly talented and motivated postdoctoral researcher for a European Research Council (ERC) funded Consolidator project entitled Dare to Approach. The overarching aim of the project is to develop a computational framework explaining how people make costly avoidance decisions under acute threat, and how they are able to override strong avoidance tendencies to achieve a higher-order goal. Ultimately we want to contribute to a better understanding of the neurocognitive basis of passive and active avoidance in healthy and anxious individuals, and to provide starting points for personalised interventions to alleviate persistent avoidance in anxiety patients.

You should have a PhD degree in a field related to cognitive neuroscience (e.g. artificial intelligence, experimental psychology, cognitive science, biology, neuroscience). Candidates with a strong background in affective or decision neuroscience and experience with computational modeling are particularly encouraged to apply. Selection will be based on records of published research, expertise in affective neuroscience methods and theories as well as computational modeling and familiarity with neuroimaging techniques. You are expected to work in an interdisciplinary environment, sharing technical know-how and ideas.

• employment: 1.0 FTE
• a maximum gross monthly salary of € 4,978 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11)
• in addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• term of contract: 4.5 years maximum
• job profile (UFO): Researcher, Level 3
• 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

 
Start date around September 2019, but flexible.

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Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour is a world-class research centre devoted to understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of human cognition and behaviour in health and disease. The Institute is home to more than 600 researchers from 35 countries who share the common goal of contributing to the advancement of the brain, cognitive and behavioural sciences through investigator-driven research, and improving health, education and technology by applying advances in this field. The Institute consists of four centres: the Centre for Cognition, the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, the Centre for Medical Neuroscience, and the Centre for Neuroscience.
 
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