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The Mind and Society Center ( http://dornsife.usc.edu/mindandsociety ) co-directed by Professor Daphna Oyserman, at the University of Southern California, is seeking applications for a 2-year Post-Doctoral Research Associate beginning as soon as possible (two year postdoc broken into two one year segments, with opportunity for renewal at one year mark assuming excellent performance and availability of funding).  Position Description: The postdoc will work closely with Dr. Oyserman on projects funded by IES (Institute for Educational Studies) and EIR ( Education Innovation and Research), examining the consequences of an intervention to improve students identity- based motivation on their academic performance as part of the Pathways-to-Success program. The Pathways intervention has been developed so that it is deliverable by teachers who have been trained by other teachers. Our funding supports the evaluation of this train-the-trainer scaling model in urban...

www.jessicagrahn.com/postdoctoral-position.html Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at The Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, Canada. The post is based in the Music and Neuroscience lab (headed by Jessica Grahn). The lab explores the links between music, rhythm, and movement using neuroscientific methods and various populations (e.g., healthy adults, neurological patient populations, non-human animals). The lab is committed to best practices in Equity and Diversity. The post-holder will play a key role in neuroimaging and possibly neuropsychological patient investigations of rhythm, timing, and music. A background in cognitive neuroscience or experimental psychology and expertise in fMRI, EEG, TMS/tDCS/tACS, or neuropsychological patient testing is preferred, but not required. Comfort with computer programming (e.g., Matlab, Python, R) would be helpful. No musical background is necessary. The successful applicant will enjoy working as part of an interdisciplinary...

Department Overview The Post-Doctoral Fellow will join a large collaborative team studying the development and outcome of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in multiple already-available as well as growing data sets at the Center for ADHD Research at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland Oregon. The content focus is on longitudinal data and prediction of clinical outcome, using measures of cognition, emotion, neuropsychological function, personality, clinical symptoms (psychiatric and psychological symptoms), family functioning, and psychophysiology (e.g., respiratory sinus arrhythmia). Opportunity may also be available to examine neuroimaging and genetic data for interested fellows. Portland is an attractive place to live with a high quality of life. It offers ample opportunities for outdoor recreation (ocean and cascades mountains are only about an hour away), beautiful scenery, the nation’s largest urban forest and one of the largest...