Fully funded 18-months post-doctoral position: Neural correlates of hypnosis and sleep in motor control and memory
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position at the University Claude-Bernard Lyon1 (France), in the Inter-university Laboratory of Human Movement Biology (LIBM).
Tasks and responsibilities
- Planning, collecting, and analyzing research projects including electrophysiology (EEG), peripheral responses (ANS, EMG), and brain stimulation (tDCS)
- Reporting the results in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and conferences.
- Coordinating with the PI and other team members for strategies and project planning
Requirements
- a PhD with strong academic and methodological skills in cognitive neuroscience, computer science, engineering, biomedical sciences, and/or psychology
- in particular, candidate should have a strong research experience with EEG data acquisition and analyses
- highly skilled in techniques of human visual psychophysics such as MATLAB programming for experiments, experimental data taking, data analysis (R), and paper writing
- experience in hypnosis and/or sleep research is an asset
- interpersonal and communication skills to efficiently collaborate in an interdisciplinary research setting, including Master student supervision.
Candidates who only partially meet this profile are nonetheless strongly encouraged to apply.
International applicants are welcome. Speaking French is not mandatory but will be considered as an asset.
Application deadline will remain open until filled. Tentative start date is November 1st, 2022.
Applications should include a brief motivation letter explaining interests and qualifications regarding the position, prior research/work experience, CV, and contact information of two professional references.
PROJECT SUMMARY
The applicant will work on a project entitled « Neural and muscular correlates of hypnosis during motor control and memory”, which is funded by an Advanced Grant. Conception of a second investigation will be developed with the full involvement of the postdoctoral fellow, in the hypnosis and/or sleep domain of research using polysomnographic recording, brain stimulation, and/or autonomic nervous system recordings in heathy individuals. Both experimental projects will be dedicated to disentangle the relationship between hypnosis, sleep (most particularly the hypnagogic state) and motor control at the neuronal and behavioral levels.
CONTACT
Dr. Ursula DEBARNOT, LIBM, Lyon
Ursula.debarnot@univ-lyon1.fr
- +33 (0)6.06.64.53.57
