[Vision] Postdoctoral position in “multisensory integration and development for learning and skills”

[Monica G. <Mon...@ii...>]

Postdoctoral position in “multisensory integration and development for learning and skills”
Expires on: 20/11/2016
A two-year postdoctoral position focusing on the study of multisensory integration in children and adults with and without sensory disabilities will be available from January 2017.
The selected candidate will work on the study of unisensory and multisensory skills, audio-vestibular integration for motion, development in children with and without disability. The post-Doc will also evaluate technological solutions to teach arithmetic and geometrical skills in children.
He/she will work in a fully equipped laboratory in the “U-VIP” (Unit for Visually Impaired People, team leader Monica Gori) and have the opportunity to pursue research within the “WeDRAW” project (“Exploiting the best sensory modality for learning arithmetic and geometrical concepts based on multisensory interactive Information and Communication Technologies and serious games”) carried out with a consortium composed by an interdisciplinary team of psychologists, engineers, rehabilitators, teachers and physicists, pedagogics and SME directors. The WeDRAW project is coordinated by Monica Gori and funded by the European Union's H2020 Programme with Grant Agreement 731540.
The goal of the project is to develop and test technologies to support learning and skills in school- age children with and without sensory impairment through:

  *   The development of a new set of tests to quantify performance of children on arithmetic and geometrical  tasks
  *   The validation of the technology through user’s, experimental and clinical studies.
Research for this Postdoctoral position will involve:
• evaluation of skills through psychophysical and behavioral experiments and Bayesian modeling.
•  design of experiments, testing and data analysis (psychophysics, motion tracking analysis).
The ideal candidate should possess a Master’s Degree in Psychology and a Ph.D. Degree in neuroscience.
He/she should have at least a post-doc experience in cognitive neuroscience and clinics. He/she should also have published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and conferences in the related field. Experience with psychophysical measurements, motion tracking, data analysis, device development, statistics, modeling and programming is an asset. Moreover, previous experience with clinical populations mainly of children and knowledge related to visual impairment and laboratory-platform development are desired. The candidate should have knowledge of Matlab.
Salary is highly competitive and commensurate with qualification and experience. Interested applicants should submit CV, list of publications, 2 reference letters and a statement of research interest to app...@ii...<mailto:app...@ii...>  by November 20, 2016 quoting "Post Doc U-VIP CB 72836".
Please note that this position is contingent on the signature of the relevant Grant Agreement
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