<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear colleagues,</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I will be reviewing applications for up to 2 PhD students to join my soon-to-open lab.</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The lab broadly studies the development of high-level perceptual capacities, such as visual categorization and intuitive physics in infants, children, and adults. We use a mixed-methods approach that includes behavioral (e.g., eye-tracking, psychophysics), neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI), and computational (e.g., neural network modeling) methods.</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lab members will have access to fantastic resources including:</div><ol start="1" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;padding-left:0px"><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;color:rgb(0,0,0)">An MRI scanner inside the building</li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;color:rgb(0,0,0)">A brand-new infant and toddler MRI coil to conduct awake, task-based, fMRI studies with infants and young children</li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Access to high-performance computing resources</li></ol><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">For an overview of some of the projects in the lab, see: </span><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><u><a class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-OWAfb60d24f-2c9f-558a-80bb-b70ac597604f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://sites.google.com/view/vlad-lab/research" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://sites.google.com/view/vlad-lab/research</a></u></span></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This is a great opportunity for students interested in understanding development, neural processing, or how we can use developmental insights from children to build better artificial intelligence agents. Candidates will ideally have good programming and data science skills (e.g., in python) and a general interest in the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying perception and development.</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Outside the lab, Temple University is located in Philadelphia, a truly fantastic city to live in and work in. Philadelphia is affordable, has a great night life, easy access to both the beach and mountains, and one of the </span><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><u><a class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-OWA818b5142-7cc1-9711-3760-45de876f1e1a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.visitphilly.com/articles/philadelphia/guide-to-philadelphias-james-beard-award-honored-restaurants/" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(70,120,134)">best restaurant scenes in the U.S.</a></u></span><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> It is also an easy train ride away from other major cities such as NYC and Boston. Moreover, the psychology and neuroscience department at Temple is extremely collaborative and productive and hosts a strong grad student union.</span></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">More information on how to apply can be found here: </span><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><u><a class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-OWA9038585a-d32b-04ab-2cac-072b031cc780" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://liberalarts.temple.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/psychology/graduate/phd-program" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://liberalarts.temple.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/psychology/graduate/phd-program</a></u></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please forward this ad to potential candidates. I am also happy to answer any questions about the lab, projects, or anything else over email: </span><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(70,120,134)"><u><a class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-OWAc72cd4ac-d7cc-83c9-bf55-3f7316efb4bc" href="mailto:vayzenb@temple.edu" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(70,120,134)">vayzenb@temple.edu</a></u></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Best,</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.284;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0in 0in 8pt;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Vlad</div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0p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