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Fully funded PhD opening in music cognition, University of Vienna
This PhD position is funded for 3 years by an Austrian Science Fund grant for a highly interdisciplinary research project concerned with the neurocognition of music and language, with a focus on syntax, prediction, and cultural evolution. Supervisors are Tudor Popescu (Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology) and Tecumseh Fitch (Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Biology). There are no teaching obligations.
Successful candidates will have a quantitative background (e.g. experimental psychology, neuroscience, biology, engineering, etc.), with solid knowledge of programming, and interest in the neural bases of music perception. Also required are analysis skills in at least one of the project's planned methodologies (MRI, brain stimulation, pupillometry). Knowledge in any of music cognition's theoretical and computational frameworks is strongly desirable. Knowledge of German is not essential.
Informal enquiries prior to application can be directed to the project's PI, at tudor.popescu@univie.ac.at. Application deadline is 25th September 2024 and the position is expected to start in November 2024 or soon after. All details can be found at https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/258249
