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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">PhD posit<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">ion
in the Multisensory Research Group (UPF, Barcelona)</span></span></b></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Applications are invited for a full-time pre-doctoral
position in the <a href="http://www.mrg.upf.edu/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">MULTISENSORY RESEARCH GROUP</span></a> led by
Salvador Soto-Faraco, at the <a href="http://www.upf.edu/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">Pompeu Fabra University</span></a> (Barcelona).</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>The position</b></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">We seek
excellent and highly motivated candidates with a background in cognitive
neuroscience, psychophysics, or experimental psychology, although all
backgrounds will be considered if they align with the project goals. The
project addresses the relationship between cross-modal fusion conceptualized
from a Bayesian framework (ref 1) and conflict monitoring (ref 2).  We
will value candidates with prior research experience, especially in these
particular areas of interest. This scholarship is linked to the MICINN project
‘Multisensory Processing and Conflict’, under the <a href="https://www.ciencia.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/menuitem.dbc68b34d11ccbd5d52ffeb801432ea0/?vgnextoid=14d767e8fd8cd610VgnVCM1000001d04140aRCRD&vgnextchannel=115222e988f75610VgnVCM1000001d04140aRCRD">FPI
program</a>.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">1. Körding, Konrad P., et al. Causal inference in
multisensory perception. <i>PLoS one</i> 2.9 (2007): e943.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">2. Shenhav, A., et al. The expected value of control: an
integrative theory of anterior cingulate cortex function. <i>Neuron</i>, <i>79</i>(2),
217-240 (2013). </font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Conditions</b></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">The position will be funded for three years + optional
fourth.  Starting date: May 2021 (approx.). Salary (before
tax):  17,785 euros per year for each year (19,000 euros if the
fourth year is postdoctoral; e.g., in the event that the thesis is defended in
the third year). The physical presence of the PhD student will be required
during the project because the project is of an empirical nature.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Eligibility</b></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Please, make sure you are eligible.<span> 
</span>You must be able to apply to the Spanish
Ministry <a href="https://www.ciencia.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/menuitem.dbc68b34d11ccbd5d52ffeb801432ea0/?vgnextoid=14d767e8fd8cd610VgnVCM1000001d04140aRCRD&vgnextchannel=115222e988f75610VgnVCM1000001d04140aRCRD">FPI
scholarship program</a> and be eligible to be admitted to a UPF Doctoral School: 
<a href="https://www.upf.edu/web/doctorats/biomedicina" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">https://www.upf.edu/web/doctorats/biomedicina</span></a><br>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>How to apply</b></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Please, send
an expression of interest (or other enquiries about the position) to <a href="mailto:projectes.cbc@upf.edu" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">projectes.cbc@upf.edu</span></a>. Include
the following:</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">- C.V., a cover letter describing research interests,
and the contact of two academic referees. Please also include a sample of your
previous work if any (master’s thesis, and/or other scientific outputs).</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">

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Please, mention<span style="color:black"> that you are applying to
the MRG PREDOCTORAL position in the email subject. </span>We will consider candidates until two weeks before the official 2020 FPI
call closes (2020 call to open soon). The official application will be made through
the Spanish Ministry FPI scholarship program.</font></span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Salvador Soto Faraco<br>ICREA Research Professor<br>Universitat Pompeu Fabra<br><span><br></span><span>Carrer de Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27, 08005 Barcelona</span><div><span>Edifici Merce Rodoreda  (Room 24.327)</span></div><br></div><div><span>Ph: (+34) 93 542 2534<br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><a href="mailto:salvador.soto@icrea.cat" target="_blank">salvador.soto@icrea.cat</a><br><a href="http://www.mrg.upf.edu" target="_blank">http://www.mrg.upf.edu</a><br></span>ORCID: <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4799-3762" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4799-3762</a><br>ResearcherID: <a href="http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8400-2011" target="_blank">http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8400-2011</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>