PhD Candidate in Cognitive Science – Brain & Behavior

CNRS; France; Sur place; EUR 19 000 - 27 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Fully funded PhD position for 3 years

Résumé du poste

CNRS invites applications for a fully funded PhD position at the Institute of Cognitive Science Marc Jeannerod in Lyon. The project, starting as early as November 2026, investigates representation of social and non-social events in the mind/brain using neuroimaging approaches.

Applicants should hold a Master’s degree in a related field, show experience with experimental research and data analysis, and be proficient in English.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field required.
• Experience with experimental studies and data analysis.
• Good command of written and spoken English.

Responsabilités

• Conduct PhD research on social and non-social event representation.
• Design experiments and collect neural data (EEG/eye-tracking/fMRI).
• Analyze data and contribute to interdisciplinary publications.

Connaissances

Interdisciplinary approaches

Experimental research

Data analysis

Python

R

MATLAB

EEG

fNIRS

fMRI

Formation

Master's degree in Cognitive Science, Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science or related field

Outils

Python

R

MATLAB

EEG

fNIRS

fMRI

Eye-tracking

Computational modelling

Description du poste

CNRS invites applications for a fully funded PhD position at the Institute of Cognitive Science Marc Jeannerod in Lyon. The project, starting as early as November 2026, investigates representation of social and non-social events in the mind/brain using neuroimaging approaches.

Applicants should hold a Master’s degree in a related field, show experience with experimental research and data analysis, and be proficient in English.