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The Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) invites applications for an assistant professor (tenure-track) position with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2024. We are seeking scientists who study analogical, causal, explanatory, relational, and/or scientific reasoning in humans and/or artificial agents. There is particular interest in those with empirical research programs that use innovative approaches in experimental design, computational neuroscience, and/or computational models. The successful candidate will establish a research program, and contribute to teaching, mentoring, and to inclusive excellence. They will interact with a dynamic and growing community in cognitive, computational, and neural sciences within the department and the broader campus. To learn more about the Department of Cognitive Sciences and the University of California, Irvine community, please visit: https://www.cogsci.uci.edu/ .  Applicants should...

Perception - Open Rank The highly ranked Department of Psychology is seeking excellent candidates for one tenure-track, or tenured, faculty position in the area of Perception. The selected candidate will mount a vigorous research program while making significant contributions to the department's teaching mission. The area of research within the broad domain of perception is open. A successful candidate may be studying any sensory system(s), using any one or more methods (behavioral/psychophysics, computation, neuroimaging, etc.), in any population. Questions related to perception, however, should be at the core of the candidate's research program. The successful candidate will contribute to an inclusive, fair, and equitable environment that fosters engagement and a sense of belonging for faculty, staff, students and members of the broader community. Our department is enhanced by members' diverse approaches, perspectives, and life experiences; applicants are encouraged to...

Cognitive or Perceptual Development - Open Rank The highly ranked Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking excellent candidates for a tenure-track, or tenured, faculty position in the area of Cognitive or Perceptual Development. The selected candidate will mount a vigorous research program while making significant contributions to the department's teaching mission. Topics of study might include how humans learn to perceive, represent, and act on the world; what kinds of experiences guide perceptual organization and conceptual development; the interface of perception with the development of conceptual representations; or the development of executive functions, memory, reasoning, or decision making. In addition to experimental behavioral research with human infants and/or children, successful candidates might also employ cognitive neuroscience methods, cross-cultural or ethnographic methods, or computational modeling, among other approaches. Our...