Postdoctoral Researcher: Voice Perception & EEG Studies

Queen Mary University of London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

30 days leave per annum

Season ticket loan

Development opportunities

Flexible working

Job summary

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) invites applications for a 36‑month Leverhulme Trust-funded research post. The role leads behavioural and EEG experiments on voice perception across clinical and non-clinical groups, with responsibilities spanning design, recruitment, data analysis and manuscript preparation.

The successful candidate will be part of VoCoLab, based at QMUL, within the Centre for Brain and Behaviour, and will work under Dr Nadine Lavan.

Qualifications

• PhD in psychology, psychiatry, speech science or related field.
• Hands-on experience in behavioural research methods and EEG data collection.
• Experience designing and conducting experiments on voice perception and/or hallucinations.
• Familiar with advanced statistics such as representational similarity analysis (RSA) for behavioural and EEG data.
• Experience recruiting and working with special or clinical populations.

Responsibilities

• Lead behavioural and EEG experiments on voice perception across clinical voice hearers, non-clinical voice hearers, and typical listeners.
• Design experiments, participant recruitment and testing; data analysis and manuscript preparation.
• Part of the VoCoLab, based at QMUL in the Centre for Brain and Behaviour.

Skills

Behavioural methods

EEG data collection

Voice perception

RSA (statistical analysis)

Clinical populations recruitment

Education

PhD in Psychology / Psychiatry / Speech Science

Job description

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) invites applications for a 36‑month Leverhulme Trust-funded research post. The role leads behavioural and EEG experiments on voice perception across clinical and non-clinical groups, with responsibilities spanning design, recruitment, data analysis and manuscript preparation.

The successful candidate will be part of VoCoLab, based at QMUL, within the Centre for Brain and Behaviour, and will work under Dr Nadine Lavan.