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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">Applications are invited for a
<b style="">3-year PhD student position</b> (<b style="">65%</b>, preferably starting
<b style="">May 1<sup>st</sup> 2019</b>) in the Neuro-cognitive Psychology lab of Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider at Bielefeld University, Germany. The candidate will work in the DFG-funded (German Research Foundation) project
<b style="">“Inter-individual differences of eye movements during sensorimotor tasks”</b> supervised by Dr. Rebecca Foerster. The project aims to reveal how humans differ in how they use eye movements for sensorimotor tasks and how eye movement patterns are
related to basic cognitive functions such as attentional capabilities, working memory, executive functions, and intelligence.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">Groundwork on this topic is documented in the following publications:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">Foerster, R. M. (2018). “Looking-at-nothing” during sequential sensorimotor actions. Long-term memory-based eye scanning of remembered target locations.
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Vision Research</span></em>,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">144</span></em>, 29-37. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2018.01.005</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">Foerster, R. M. (2016). Task-irrelevant expectation violations in sequential manual actions: Evidence for a “check-after-surprise” mode of visual attention and eye-hand decoupling.
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Frontiers in Psychology</span></em>,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">7</span></em>, 1845. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01845</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%">Foerster, R. M., & Schneider, W. X. (2015).
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">Expectation-violations in sensorimotor sequences: shifting from LTM-based attentional selection to visual search.
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences</span></em>,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1339</span></em>, 45-59. doi:10.1111/nyas.12729</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%">Foerster, R. M., & Schneider, W. X. (2015).
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">Anticipatory eye movements in sensorimotor actions: On the role of guiding fixations during learning.
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Cognitive Processing</span></em>,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">16</span></em>(Suppl. 1), 227-231. doi:10.1007/s10339-015-0701-1</span></li></ul>
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Applicants should have an MSc degree in psychology, neuroscience, biology, cognitive science, or related fields. A strong interest in experimental psychology, especially in attention, eye movement, and sensorimotor research is mandatory. In addition, excellent
knowledge in statistical analyses and software (R) is required as well as fluent English (spoken and written). The ideal candidate has first experiences with eye-tracking experiments and programming (e.g., Matlab or Python). Otherwise, the candidate is expected
to acquire these skills reasonably fast. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">We offer a supportive and interdisciplinary environment and state-of-the art lab facilities, especially for measuring eye movements with high precision
during experiments in front of a computer screen as well as in Virtual Reality. Bielefeld University hosts about 25,000 students and 3,000 employees conjoined in a single spot of Bielefeld. Bielefeld University offers its members a multitude of language courses,
professional development courses, childcare services, healthcare courses, and the opportunity to perform sports (courses, gym, swimming pool, etc.).<br>
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If you are interested, please send a brief cover letter, CV, certificates, and the names and contact details of two academic references to
</span><a href="mailto:rebecca.foerster@uni-bielefeld.de"><span style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">rebecca.foerster@uni-bielefeld.de</span></a><span style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-US"> (reference number wiss19038), preferably
<b style="">before April 3<sup>rd</sup> 2019</b>, but later applications will be considered until the position is filled.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">I am looking forward to hear from you.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">Thanks for your consideration,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-US">Rebecca Foerster</span></p>
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