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We are seeking a full-time postdoctoral fellow (2-3 years) to work on an NIH-funded project with Drs. Renee Thompson and Tammy English (Co-PIs) along with Todd Braver (Co-I) in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The project (R01AG070139) examines the role of motivation and depressive psychopathology in age-related changes in emotion and emotion regulation across adulthood. The multi-method project utilizes diagnostic interviews, experience sampling, behavioral measures, peripheral psychophysiology assessment, neuroimaging, and blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disorder risk. This position will expose the individual to a wide array of theoretical and methodological approaches in psychology and neuroscience, providing a unique opportunity to develop research skills and engage in professional development with a large, collaborative team. We are looking for a clinical postdoctoral fellow who focuses on adult internalizing...

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Kent State University Student Life Study The Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State University invites applications for a post-doctoral research position. The successful candidate will become part of a multi-disciplinary investigation to prospectively examine health and well-being in a new cohort of >10,000 young adults. Led by Drs. Karin Coifman and John Gunstad, the team of investigators will track mental, physical, academic, and social outcomes and deliver novel interventions using smart technology. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will help coordinate the KSU Student Life Study and have an opportunity to assist with other existing data collection efforts ,  related manuscript preparation, grant development, and develop new their own lines of inquiry based on current findings.   They will work with integrated research program and enhance skills necessary for a successful research career.  Opportunities exist for supervised clinical...

The Principal Researcher - CDR Mindworks role is designed to support a talented behavioral scientist in generating significant research contributions to behavioral science disciplines (e.g., psychology, economics). The primary duty of the Principal Researcher will be to conduct this research both independently and in collaboration with Booth Faculty in the Roman Family Center for Decision Research (CDR), with particular encouragement to advance high-quality, cutting-edge experimental research. Accordingly, this position demonstrates an outstanding capacity to generate original research questions and implement studies to investigate those questions in unique experimental settings (e.g., companies, public spaces, museums). This Principal Researcher will dedicate 20% of their time as Chief Scientist at Mindworks: The Science of Thinking . This position is anticipated to last two years.

The successful candidate will conduct research in social cognition applying mathematical modeling to understand judgments and decisions in the realms of stereotyping and prejudice. The successful candidate will work on and contribute to scientific publications in leading journals of the field. The successful candidate will join a team doing research in various fields, including social cognition, memory, reasoning and thinking, often using mathematical models to leverage conclusions about latent factors underlying behavior in these domains. The position is financed by a research grant for a social-cognitive project and is limited to the project duration of three years (36 months). The position permits the candidate to further develop her/his scientific career by contributing to the social-cognitive project and by working on the candidate’s own research projects. Guidance of undergraduate and (post-) graduate students will contribute to career and skills development. The...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded T32 Training Program in Emotion Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison anticipates (pending funding) having one post-doctoral training position starting in Fall 2023 with up to three years of support. Applications are due on Monday, February 6, 2023 . For more information, please visit emotion.wisc.edu/ . The following faculty all desire post-doctoral candidates: Simon B. Goldberg conducts research on the use of digital technology to expand access to evidence-based mental health strategies. Dr. Goldberg and Dr. Richard J. Davidson seek to co-mentor a postdoctoral fellow to assist with the analysis and publication of data resulting from a large-scale, randomized controlled trial they are conducting examining the effects of smartphone-delivered meditation training on a range of biological, behavioral, and self-report outcomes (i.e., the BeWell Study ). Ryan J....

Yale University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication ( http://climatecommunication.yale.edu ) invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to contribute to our ongoing experimental research on the public's climate change knowledge, risk perceptions, policy preferences, and behavior. The program conducts scientific surveys and message experiments at the national, international, and global scales, as well as with specific communities and organizations. The program also includes several projects that engage the public in climate change science and solutions. Salary: $60,000/year Responsibilities ·      Conduct scientific research to advance the theory and practice of effective climate change communication, and the psychological, cultural, political, and social factors influencing public awareness, risk perceptions, policy preferences and behavior. ·      Contribute to...