Post doctoral position, developmental
psycholinguistics/
at the Laboratoire de Psychologie de la Perception, Paris, France.
The Speech perception group of
the Laboratoire de Psychologie de la Perception is seeking to fill a 2-year post-doctoral
position starting at the earliest in April 2018 to work with
Dr Laurianne Cabrera (https://sites.google.com/
Applications including a cover letter, curriculum vitae and the names of two referees should be sent by December 1st 2017 to Dr Laurianne Cabrera at laurianne.cabrera [at] gmail.com
Summary:
This project is funded by the National Research Agency (ANR) and aims to characterize the role of sensory and non-sensory auditory processes involved in the development of speech perception in noise. Using a combination of psycholinguistic and psychophysical paradigms, this project will investigate the dominant factors limiting speech understanding in noise between 6 and 11 years of age.
Responsibilities:
- Experimental design of the auditory stimuli and of the psychophysical behavioral tasks suitable for children.
- Recruitment of young children with normal-hearing (via schools) and with hearing impairment (via hospitals).
- Data collection and analysis.
- Writing up abstracts for international conferences and papers for international peer-reviewed journals.
Qualifications:
- PhD degree in psychology, hearing and speech sciences, cognitive sciences or equivalent
- Use of French language fluently (to contact French schools and test young French children)
- Highly motivated to work on an interdisciplinary project (psychoacoustics, psycholinguistics) and collaborate with the various members of the consortium (in Parisian labs, hospitals, schools, but also in the UK and the US).
- Experience with children and with Matlab (sound processing, experimental design) will be highly appreciated
The speech perception group:
Our group explores the
acquisition of various linguistic levels (from auditory to morpho-syntax), from
birth to adulthood. We use behavioral (head-turn procedure, eye-tracking,
psychophysical tasks) and imaging (ERPs, fNIRS) techniques, at the Saint-Pères
babylab (http://recherche.
Terms of salary and employment:
A 12-month contract will be first established and be renewable up to one year. Salary will depend on the diploma and experience (~ 2900€ gross/month).
Best,
Laurianne Cabrera