Post-doctoral position to study Development of Auditory
Event-related Potentials and Musical Processing
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position in the
Auditory Development Lab at McMaster University (http://www.psychology.mcmaster.ca/ljt/publications.htm)
under the supervision of Dr. Laurel Trainor. The lab is well funded and the position is connected with a
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada CREATE grant, which
enables opportunity for collaboration with other CREATE labs based in Toronto
and Montreal. The successful
applicant will have the opportunity to work on research related to the
development of cortical and subcortical auditory EEG event-related potentials,
oscillatory responses in infants and children, neuroplasticity, the effects of
musical training and other experience on brain development, auditory perception
in autism, and interactions between auditory and motor systems in rhythmic perception
and behaviour. In addition to EEG,
we have access to fMRI and rTMS at McMaster. Through collaborations at the Rotman Research Institute and
Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto we have access to MEG and cochlear implant
patient groups. The Auditory Development
Lab is also associated with the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, a
multidisciplinary group of neuroscientists, psychologist, engineers, health
scientists, educators, music theorists and music performers. A Ph.D. (or near completion) in
neuroscience, psychology, signal processing, or a related field is
required. Knowledge of auditory
perception, psychophysical methods, EEG, and signal processing is an asset.
To apply, please send a letter of interest and CV to the
address below by December 1, 2009 or soon thereafter.
Please also arrange for three confidential letters of recommendation to
be sent to the same address.
Application by email is preferred.
Dr. Laurel Trainor
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, Canada
L8S 4K1
_______________________________________________ Laurel Trainor, Ph.D. Director, McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind Professor, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour McMaster University 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1 office: 905-525-9140 x23007 fax: 905-529-6225 |