Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

The Department of Neuroscience includes several research groups working on different aspects of nervous system function, both under normal conditions and in various disease states. Research projects include a broad range of studies on the molecular and cellular levels, networks of neurons, and the organization of the nervous system as a whole. The Department has a flat organization with 40 research group leaders, of which 24 are full professors, and 65 PhD students.

Teaching represents a fundamental activity at the Department, which participates in several undergraduate courses and postgraduate education programs. Each year approximately 15 students receive their PhD from our Department and many of our graduates have gone onto distinguished careers in the academic or private sector.

Research group
The Brain, Body and Self Laboratory (PI: Henrik Ehrssson) use neuroimaging and behavioral methods to study how we come to experience our own body as an object distinct from the environment. Our aim is to characterize the perceptual rules and brain mechanisms whereby a central representation of one's own body is constructed by the integration of signals from the different sensory modalities (e.g., vision, touch, and proprioception). We are also interested in the relationship between basic processing of sensory signals from the body, on the one hand, and higher order representations such as conscious self-awareness, self-concept and episodic memory.

Duties
We are seeking an experienced and talented cognitive neuroscientist with interest in psychophysics, EEG, and body representation and perceptual awareness research. The postdoc’s main duty is to conduct psychophysics and EEG studies on body ownership and multisensory bodily awareness. The postdoc is expected to design, plan, conduct, analyzing data, and write up first draft of manuscripts from human behavioral experiments and EEG studies on this research topic. Previous experience of psychophysics, signal-detection-theory, computational modeling, and EEG is a plus, as well as programming skills. 

What do we offer?
A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

Entry requirements
At Karolinska Institutet the Postdoctoral Researcher position is regarded as an early career step after a doctoral degree. Qualified to be employed as a Postdoctoral Researcher is one who has obtained a doctorate or has equivalent scientific competence.  

Application process
An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

Interviews will start when applications are received until the position is filled.