<div dir="ltr"><b>Postdoctoral Research Fellow </b><div><br></div><div>A Postdoc position is offered at the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex, to work
with Dr. Sebastian Korb and his team on an international and multidisciplinary project entitled
‘Neuromuscular electric stimulation and social cognition’. </div><div><br></div><div>This is a full-time position (36 hours per week) on a two-year fixed-term basis from the 1st of October
2020, or as soon as possible thereafter. The salary is £33,797 - £35,845 per annum, depending on
experience. </div><div><br></div><div>The project, which is financed by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), investigates the effects of facial
somatosensory input on emotion recognition at the behavioural and neural level. Somatosensory
input is delivered via neuromuscular electric stimulation, and brain activity in response to visually
presented faces is measured with EEG/ERPs. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Duties of the post </b></div><div><br></div><div>This is an exciting opportunity for a post-doctoral researcher to work on the development of facial
neuromuscular electric stimulation for the purpose of applying it to research questions relating to
multisensory integration and theories of embodied cognition. Results are expected to contribute to the
understanding of how the brain integrates visual and somatosensory information during face
perception. </div><div><br></div><div>Duties will include engaging in individual and/or collaborative research activity; producing research
outputs for publication at acceptable levels of volume and academic excellence and disseminating the
results of research and scholarship through appropriate Knowledge Exchange activities; and
contributing to the development and maintenance or research resources. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Qualifications and Skills required </b></div><div><br></div><div>The successful candidate will hold a relevant doctoral level degree in cognitive or social
psychology/neuroscience, ideally with a focus on emotion and/or face perception. You must have
previous experience with electrophysiology (e.g. EMG, EEG). </div><div><br></div><div>Applicants are expected to have evidence of a developing research agenda, engagement in high quality research activity and a developing research profile; a developing record of publications in
internationally recognised, reputable journals appropriate to career stage and discipline norms; and
strong communication skills, both written and verbal. </div><div><br></div><div>Good statistical and programming skills in Matlab, R, and/or Python and having an interest in
developing new technical tools to study fundamental questions at the intersection of social psychology
and psychophysiology are essential for this post. </div><div><br></div><div><b>How to apply </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>If interested, go to the webpage of the University of Essex (link: <a href="https://bit.ly/2CyimVU">https://bit.ly/2CyimVU</a>), where you will
find a more detailed job pack. </div><div><b>Closing Date: 16 August 2020. </b></div><div>Interviews are planned for late August/beginning of September 2020</div><div>Informal enquiries may be made to Sebastian Korb (e-mail: <a href="mailto:sebastian.korb@essex.ac.uk">sebastian.korb@essex.ac.uk</a>). <br></div></div>