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Postdoctoral Traineeship in Genetic and Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Addiction, its Risk Factors and Consequences   The University of Minnesota seeks postdoctoral fellows interested in conducting innovative multidisciplinary research in domains including behavioral neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, clinical psychology, and/or behavioral genetics. Fellows are supported by a T32 training grant funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse. The purpose of the training program is to provide research and training opportunities to encourage the development of multidisciplinary skills within or across the above domains as they relate to drug use, addiction, and related psychopathology. There is a particular emphasis on using large-scale neuroimaging and genetic datasets to address questions pertinent to addiction.   Fellows have the opportunity to work with any of two dozen distinguished faculty mentors ( listed here ). These mentors are...

The Department of Psychology at Arizona State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to join the Cooperation Science Network co-directed by Dr. Athena Aktipis (ASU) and Dr. Lee Cronk (Rutgers University). The Postdoctoral Research Scholar will work with an interdisciplinary team to study cooperation across the many domains in which it occurs as part of the newly formed Cooperation Science Network. The goal will be to answer these big questions: (1) What are the similarities and differences among the many manifestations of cooperation across life and humanity? (2) What are the shared principles that drive the emergence of cooperation and make cooperative systems resilient to perturbations? The postdoc will also have the opportunity to help organize events as part of the Cooperation Science Network and ASU’s Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative. Applicants with training and expertise in the philosophy of science or a related field are encouraged to...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Psychology McGill University, Montreal, Canada The McGill Intergroup Cognition Laboratory at McGill University in Montreal [miclab.ca], directed by Jordan Axt, is seeking applications for a Post-Doctoral Researcher, beginning Fall 2021. The contract is for one year, with option of renewal pending satisfactory performance. POSITION DESCRIPTION : The ideal candidate will be interested in contributing to on-going research in the lab. One trajectory broadly examines the methods, validity, interpretation, and application of measures of implicit social cognition. The other examines the development and impact of social biases in judgment, and how such biases can be reduced. The post-doc could be interested in either, or both, of these areas of research.  The lab uses a wide variety of methodological techniques and focuses on a broad range of intergroup contexts, such as race, gender identity, religion, age, and physical attractiveness. Lab...