Postdoc in Cognitive Neuroscience

9 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Tokyo University of Science

Department

Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Advanced Engineering

Research Field

Chemistry
Anthropology
Agricultural sciences
Environmental science
Technology
Medical sciences
Neurosciences
Ethics in health sciences
Pharmacological sciences
Biological sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

31 May 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

See description

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Little is known about the transient neural dynamics during perceptual alternation in binocular rivalry. Although a flash light easily alternates the perception, too much neural responses to the stimulus make it difficult to trace the core process. Recently, our group showed that a visual mismatch stimulus promotes perceptual alternation and pre-attentive visual mismatch negativity in EEG is involved in the transient neural processing from unconscious to conscious perception (Kurita et al., Fron Hum Neurosci, 2021, 2023). Analyzing the neural activities fluctuated by a mismatch stimulus breaking its temporal regularity, we will be able to focus on the transient neural processing. At the moment when the unconscious stimulus becomes consciously perceived, it is expected that the neural activities between higher and lower cortices become correlated such as phase-synchrony with stronger functional connectivity. The purpose of this project is to elucidate the dynamics of EEG across cortices reflecting the transient neural processing.
https://www.rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp/arakilab/en/index.html

[Work content and job description]
(Immediately after hiring) We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow (PD) who executes psychological experiments on human subjects and analyzes behavioral and EEG data. The PD is subject to design the experimental paradigm with measuring EEG and clarify transient functional connectivity in top-down and bottom-up interactions in the perceptual alternation. Furthermore, we expect that the PD proposes ideas for a computational model for the processing in cooperation with our laboratory’s members. We have a shield room and EEG measurement instruments for the experiments.
(Scope of change) N/A

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
125-8585 Tokyo Katsushika-ku Niijuku 6-3-1
(Scope of change) N/A

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Hiring date:2024-10-01 00:00:00
Starting date:2024-10-01 00:00:00

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:4 million yen
Wages description:340,000 Yen/Month
Working hours:08:30-17:00
Break time:12:45-13:45
Holidays :Sunday, National holidays, May/4, Jun/14, and Dec/29-Jan/3
Overtime and other explanations:
Employment type:Contract employee
Contract period:Nontenured
Contract period description:2 years if annually renewed. Renewal of contract: When Tokyo University of Science Foundation deems it particularly necessary, taking into consideration the work status, progress of work, rules and regulations, etc.
Probationary period:Probationary period absent

[Various systems]
Transportation expenses:available

[Insurance]
Employees' Health Insurance:available
Employees' Pension Insurance:available
Worker's accident insurance:available
Employment insurance:available

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Tokyo University of Science

Country

Japan

City

Tokyo

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Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D124042389&ln_jor=1

Contact

City

Tokyo

STATUS: EXPIRED