<div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5030346135668457694gmail-docs-internal-guid-7dce5864-7fff-1009-ce13-5a02d8eff9ed"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/bdelab/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Brain Development & Education Lab</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> seeks applications for a postdoc position to study the role of visual spatial attention in the development of reading ability. We have funding for an initial 1-year appointment (with possibility of extension) to investigate how position coding, crowding, and spatial attention interact in good and poor readers, with the aim of designing assistive technology. The postdoc will be responsible for conducting a thorough literature review on these topics and conducting a series of novel psychophysical experiments. The expected start date is September, 2019 when the lab is moving to Stanford.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applications must have completed (or nearly completed) a PhD in experimental psychology, neuroscience, or a related discipline. Required skills are psychophysics, eye-tracking, programming (Matlab or Python) and data analysis. Experience working with children or special populations is desirable.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The position will be jointly mentored by Jason Yeatman and Alex White with opportunities for collaboration with the Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies group on technologies to support reading development. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please email a cover letter, CV, and contact information for 3 references to </span><a href="mailto:jdyeatman@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">jdyeatman@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="mailto:alexander.l.white@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">alexander.l.white@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. We will be interviewing candidates at the Vision Sciences Society meeting this May.</span></span><br></div>