<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Laboratory of Psychophysics at the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland),</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">is looking for an excellent, highly motivated candidate for a 4-year Ph.D. position focusing on “</span><b style="font-size:12pt">Serial Dependence in Perception and Decision-Making</b><span style="font-size:12pt">”.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The project is coordinated by Dr. <b>David Pascucci </b>and funded by an Ambizione grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The successful candidate will work in the lab of Prof. <b>Michael Herzog</b> with periods abroad </span><span lang="EN-US">at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, in collaboration with Prof. <b>Árni Kristjánsson</b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">.</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The position will focus on the effects that prior cognitive and neural processes exert on current perception, in both healthy individuals and schizophrenic patients. The research will leverage on state-of-the-art psychophysical and neuroimaging methods, including <i>Inverted Encoding </i>modeling of <i>f</i>MRI/EEG data, EEG source imaging, and <i>Granger-causal</i> modeling.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The following are the <b>ideal requirements</b> for the candidate:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">Highly qualified M.S. in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Cognitive science, Neuroscience, Biomedical/Bio engineering and related areas;</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Solid mathematical and signal processing background;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Experience in programming and statistical analyses (Matlab, R);</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Proficiency in English (verbal and written communication);</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Located on the </span><span lang="EN-US">shores of Lake Geneva, EPFL is one of the leading universities in Europe (ranked among the top 15 by the QS World University Rankings). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Ph.D. salary is approximately 3500 CHF/month after taxes. </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Applications should be submitted online through the </span><span lang="EN-US">form </span><a href="http://phd.epfl.ch/application" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">http://phd.epfl.ch/application</span></a><span lang="EN-US">. <br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Deadline 15.11.2018.</span></span></p>

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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Expressions of interest are most welcome [<a href="mailto:david.pascucci@unifr.ch">david.pascucci@unifr.ch</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">; <a href="mailto:michael.herzog@epfl.ch">michael.herzog@epfl.ch</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">].</span>    <br></div>