<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear visionlist community,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I am seeking students who are interested in investigating memory and attention. Successful candidates will be involved in a number of projects, depending on their research interests, and will also be encouraged to develop independent projects. </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I would appreciate it if you can share this e-mail with students who may be interested or on listservs for MA students.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,41)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,41)">PhD
positions will be at the Psychology Department, Sabancı University, Istanbul (</span><a style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="https://www.sabanciuniv.edu/en/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(74,110,224)">https://www.sabanciuniv.edu/en/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,41)">) under the supervision of Dr. Eren Günseli </span><a style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="https://www.gunselilab.com/" target="_blank">https://www.gunselilab.com/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,41)">), funded by the Scientific and Technological
Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). Projects aim to investigate the interactions
between working memory and long-term memory using EEG.<font color="#004000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The positions will start in Fall
2020, though other start dates can be negotiated. The psychology group at Sabancı
University, Istanbul, is currently expanding and starting a new graduate
program. There will be multiple EEG facilities and eye trackers on site. At
later stages of the projects, collaborations using fMRI may be possible.</font></span></div><div>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Requirements:</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Applicants
should hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in psychology, neuroscience,
cognitive science, computational neuroscience, statistics, computer science, or
a related field</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Note</span></u><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">: Applicants graduating from a Bachelor’s program
should feel free to get in touch, as additional positions for a MA+PhD combined
program is possible.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Strong
skills in research methodology and statistics, demonstration of critical
thinking abilities, and strong verbal and written communication skills in
English are essential</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Experience
with EEG and strong programming/computational skills (e.g., MATLAB, Python) are
desirable but not required</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Speaking
Turkish is <u>not</u> required</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Responsibilities of PhD students will involve the
following: </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Designing
and programming experiments (behavioral and EEG)</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Collecting
and analyzing data (event-related potentials, time-frequency power, forward
encoding models)</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Preparing
manuscripts for publication and presenting findings at national and
international conferences</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Possible
supervision of research assistants</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Benefits:</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">A
competitive salary</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Health
insurance contribution</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Free
campus housing (or commuter benefits for students who wish to rent on their
own)</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">A
laptop during the PhD program</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)">Reimbursement
for multiple national and international conferences. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,41)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Istanbul is a vibrant and multicultural city with
world-famous food, bars, arts and culture, history, nightlife, etc. Sabancı
University campus is 15 minutes away from Sabiha Gokcen Airport with flights to
major European and Middle Eastern cities and gorgeous Mediterranean towns of
Turkey.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,41)">For more information, please get in touch with me at </span><a style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)" href="mailto:gunseli.eren@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(74,110,224)">gunseli.eren@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,41)">. </span></p></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best regards,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Eren Günseli</font></div></div>
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