Psychology Lab Technician: Experiments & ML

Vanderbilt University; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, invites applications for a lab researcher to run in-person experimental sessions, recruit participants, set up equipment, and administer questionnaires. The role also involves designing and piloting behavioral experiments and writing Python scripts to support study aims.

The successful candidate will train and evaluate computational models on curated datasets, write analysis scripts to compare model representations with human data, and help organize

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cognitive science, neuroscience or related field.
• Preferred experience working with clinical study recruitment, REDCap, and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Run in-person experimental sessions, including recruitment, setting up equipment, and administering questionnaires
• Design and pilot behavioral experiments, and write and maintain experiment scripts in Python
• Train and evaluate computational models on curated datasets, and write analysis scripts to compare model representations and learning curves against human behavioral data
• Organize lab meetings and project check-ins, prepare agendas, circulate notes and action items, and present study progress to the lab

Skills

Python

Experiment design

Data analysis

Model evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in cognitive science or related

Tools

REDCap

Job description

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, invites applications for a lab researcher to run in-person experimental sessions, recruit participants, set up equipment, and administer questionnaires. The role also involves designing and piloting behavioral experiments and writing Python scripts to support study aims.

The successful candidate will train and evaluate computational models on curated datasets, write analysis scripts to compare model representations with human data, and help organize