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>Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:17:51 -0500
>From: Michael Ullman <michael@giccs.georgetown.edu>
>Subject: ERP/fMRI postdoc positions
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>TWO POSTDOC POSITIONS: ERP & FMRI STUDIES OF LANGUAGE & MEMORY
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>We are seeking to hire two full-time Postdoctoral Fellows (or highly
>qualified non-PhDs) to carry out ERP and fMRI studies of language and
>memory.  The positions are in the Brain and Language lab at the Georgetown
>Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences (GICCS) at Georgetown
>University Medical School.  GICCS is a new institute dedicated to
>understanding the relation between brain and cognition.  It is composed of
>a group of about fifteen researchers pursuing a variety of lines of
>research in cognition, computation, and neuroscience.
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>At the Brain and Language lab we are interested in the neural,
>computational, psychological, and developmental bases of language and
>memory.  Our work focuses on elucidating the underpinnings of lexicon
>(words) and grammar (rules), with a particular interest in the issues of
>modularity, neural localization, and domain-specificity/generality. We are
>carrying out several projects to test the hypothesis that the temporal-lobe
>"declarative memory" system, which has previously been implicated in the
>learning and use of fact and event knowledge, also subserves word
>knowledge; and that the frontal/basal-ganglia "procedural memory" system,
>which has  previously been implicated in the learning and use of motor and 
>cognitive "skills," such as riding a bicycle, also subserves grammatical
>knowledge.  We are also examining sex differences in language.  Our
>language projects focus primarily on English, Italian, and Japanese.
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>The successful candidates will be primarily responsible for carrying out
>(1) ERP studies, using a high-end 96 channel system; or (2) fMRI studies,
>on a 1.5T Vision Siemens MR system.  They will design and set up ERP/fMRI
>experiments, test subjects, analyze data, and prepare presentations and
>papers.  There will also be opportunities to be involved in other projects,
>including  (1) Magnetoencephalography (MEG) studies;  (2) behavioral
>studies of people with adult-onset brain damage (aphasics and patients with
>Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or Huntington's disease) or with developmental
>language disorders (Specific Language Impairment, Williams syndrome); (3)
>psycholinguistic studies of normal adults.
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>The minimum requirement for the positions is research experience with
>*either* ERPs or fMRI.  No previous experience with language or memory
>studies is required.  The candidate should be available to work for a
>minimum of two years. The start date is flexible, but must be some time
>between late spring and early fall of 1999.  Salary will be highly
>competitive.  To apply, please send Michael Ullman a resume and arrange to
>have two letters of recommendation sent to him (preferably by email). 
>Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.
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>Michael Ullman
>Assistant Professor
>Director, Brain and Language Laboratory
>Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences (GICCS)
>Research Building
>3970 Reservoir Rd, NW
>Georgetown University
>Washington DC 20007
>Email: michael@giccs.georgetown.edu
>Tel:  Office: 202-687-6064  Lab: 202-687-6896
>Fax: 202-687-6914   
Lise Menn
Professor and Chair
Linguistics Department - Box 295
University of Colorado
Boulder CO 80309-0295
303-492-8042; fax 303-492-4416

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