Subject: [AUDITORY] PhD positions in UConn=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_?=Language & Cognition Program From: Christian Brodbeck <Christian Brodbeck> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 23:07:59 -0400--Apple-Mail=_E8D325D5-6C44-4B31-8C55-579F14A02C45 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Please circulate as appropriate. Apologies for cross-posting. PhD positions in UConn=E2=80=99s Language & Cognition Program The Language & Cognition <https://langcog.psychology.uconn.edu/> faculty = at the University of Connecticut=E2=80=99s Department of Psychological = Sciences <https://psych.uconn.edu/> are soliciting applications for PhD = students to begin in the fall of 2020. The Language & Cognition group is part of the = Perception-Action-Cognition division, one of 6 highly interactive = divisions within the department. We have a strong track record in = interdisciplinary research with work spanning from theory and = computational modeling to empirical cognitive and neuroscience research. = Our work is animated by a focus on the interplay between new cognitive = science insights and the classical foundation in the computational = theory of mind in a broad range of domains (e.g., brain plasticity, = embodied cognition, event dynamics, reading, music cognition, dynamical = systems methods). Our group is a core member of three interdisciplinary = graduate training programs: Neurobiology of Language (launched with NSF = IGERT funding), Science of Learning & Art of Communication (funded by an = NSF NRT training grant), and the Cognitive Neuroscience of Communication = (funded by an NIH pre- and postdoctoral training grant). Facilities = include state-of-the-art MRI, high-density EEG, tDCS, TMS, eyetracking = and other behavioral techniques, as well as access to computing = clusters, lab space, and a dynamic program of colloquia, internal talk = series and interest groups. We have strong collaborative links to = researchers outside of UConn as well as our colleagues in Linguistics, = Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, Philosophy, Biomedical = Engineering, Educational Psychology, and UConn Health and the Medical = School. Typically, students are funded through a mix of fellowships and = Teaching and Research Assistantships, and our students have an excellent = recent track record competing for external and internal fellowships. = UConn is home to a vibrant community of faculty and students and expects = to see major growth in research activity over the next decade. The Language & Cognition faculty, and their interests, include: Gerry Altmann <https://psych.uconn.edu/person/gerald-altmann/> = (Director, CT Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences). Sentence = processing and prediction; the mapping between language and vision; = event cognition. Christian Brodbeck <https://christianbrodbeck.net/> Cognitive = neuroscience of language, speech perception, EEG/MEG. Roeland Hancock <https://psych.uconn.edu/person/roeland-hancock/> = (Associate Director, Brain Imaging Research Center). Neurochemistry and = neuromodulation; Neurobiology of sentence processing; Auditory = Processing. Fumiko Hoeft <https://psych.uc/> (Director, Brain Imaging Research = Center). Brain development; various neuroimaging methods; machine = learning; individual differences; literacy acquisition; dyslexia. Ed Large <https://musicdynamicslab.uconn.edu/home/dr-edward-large/> = Auditory neuroscience; music psychology; dynamical systems. Jim Magnuson <https://psych.uconn.edu/person/james-magnuson/> (Director, = NSF NRT training program in Science of Learning & Art of Communication). = Neurobiology and psychology of language; spoken language understanding; = computational modeling; language and learning over the lifespan; science = communication. Emily Myers <https://psych.uconn.edu/person/emil> (Co-Director, NIH = training program in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Communication). Speech perception; cognitive neuroscience of speech and = language; aphasia; second language acquisition. Ken Pugh <https://haskinslabs.org/people> (President, Haskins = Laboratories). Reading; reading disorders; neurobiology of language. Jay Rueckl <https://psych.uconn.edu/person/jay-rueckl/> Neurobiology and = psychology of reading; implicit and explicit memory; statistical learning; computational modeling and dynamical systems. Whit Tabor <https://psych.uconn.edu/person/whitney-tabor/> Sentence = processing; theory of grammar; dynamical systems; neural networks; = language change; group coordination. Eiling Yee <https://psych.uconn.edu/person/eiling-yee/> Semantic memory = and the neural representation of concepts; spoken word recognition and = situated/embodied language processing. Next steps: Contact a potential faculty advisor from the list above, = explore UConn <https://uconn.edu/> and the application procedure = <https://grad.uconn.edu/admissions/apply-to-uconn/>. Application = deadline: December 1, 2020. --Apple-Mail=_E8D325D5-6C44-4B31-8C55-579F14A02C45 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times;" = class=3D""><span style=3D"color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D"">Please = circulate as appropriate. Apologies for cross-posting.</span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: = normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, = 30);" class=3D"">PhD positions in UConn=E2=80=99s Language & = Cognition Program</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; = line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); = min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; = color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D"">The <a = href=3D"https://langcog.psychology.uconn.edu/" class=3D""><span = style=3D"color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=3D"">Language & = Cognition</span></a><span style=3D"color: #0000ef" class=3D""> = </span>faculty at the University of Connecticut=E2=80=99s <a = href=3D"https://psych.uconn.edu/" class=3D""><span style=3D"color: = rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=3D"">Department of Psychological = Sciences</span></a><span style=3D"color: #0000ef" class=3D""> </span>are = soliciting applications for PhD students to begin in the fall of = 2020.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: = normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: = normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, = 30);" class=3D"">The Language & Cognition group is part of the = Perception-Action-Cognition division, one of 6 highly interactive = divisions within the department. We have a strong track record in = interdisciplinary research with work spanning from theory and = computational modeling to empirical cognitive and neuroscience research. = Our work is animated by a focus on the interplay between new cognitive = science insights and the classical foundation in the computational = theory of mind in a broad range of domains (e.g., brain = plasticity, embodied cognition, event dynamics, reading, music = cognition, dynamical systems methods). Our group is a core member = of three interdisciplinary graduate training programs: Neurobiology of = Language (launched with NSF IGERT funding), Science of Learning & = Art of Communication (funded by an NSF NRT training grant), and the = Cognitive Neuroscience of Communication (funded by an NIH pre- and = postdoctoral training grant). Facilities include state-of-the-art MRI, = high-density EEG, tDCS, TMS, eyetracking and other behavioral = techniques, as well as access to computing clusters, lab space, and a = dynamic program of colloquia, internal talk series and interest groups. = We have strong collaborative links to researchers outside of UConn as = well as our colleagues in Linguistics, Speech, Language, & Hearing = Sciences, Philosophy, Biomedical Engineering, Educational Psychology, = and UConn Health and the Medical School. Typically, students are funded = through a mix of fellowships and Teaching and Research Assistantships, = and our students have an excellent recent track record competing for = external and internal fellowships. UConn is home to a vibrant community = of faculty and students and expects to see major growth in research = activity over the next decade.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: = rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D"">The Language = & Cognition faculty, and their interests, include:</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: = normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, = 30);" class=3D""><span style=3D"text-decoration: underline ; color: = #0563c1" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://psych.uconn.edu/person/gerald-altmann/" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Gerry Altmann</b></a></span> (Director, CT Institute for the = Brain and Cognitive Sciences). Sentence processing and prediction; the = mapping between language and vision; event cognition.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: = normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, = 30);" class=3D""><span style=3D"text-decoration: underline ; color: = #0563c1" class=3D""><a href=3D"https://christianbrodbeck.net/" = class=3D""><b class=3D"">Christian Brodbeck</b></a></span><b class=3D""> = </b>Cognitive neuroscience of language, speech perception, = EEG/MEG.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; = line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); = min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; = color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D""><span style=3D"text-decoration: = underline ; color: #0563c1" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://psych.uconn.edu/person/roeland-hancock/" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Roeland Hancock</b></a></span> (Associate Director, Brain = Imaging Research Center). Neurochemistry and neuromodulation; = Neurobiology of sentence processing; Auditory Processing.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: = normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, = 30);" class=3D""><span style=3D"text-decoration: underline ; color: = #0563c1" class=3D""><a href=3D"https://psych.uc/" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Fumiko Hoeft</b></a></span> (Director, Brain Imaging Research = Center). Brain development; various neuroimaging methods; machine = learning; individual differences; literacy acquisition; = dyslexia.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; = line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); = min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; = color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D""><span style=3D"text-decoration: = underline ; color: #0563c1" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://musicdynamicslab.uconn.edu/home/dr-edward-large/" = class=3D""><b class=3D"">Ed Large</b></a></span> Auditory neuroscience; = music psychology; dynamical systems.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: = rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"text-decoration: underline ; color: #0563c1" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://psych.uconn.edu/person/james-magnuson/" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Jim Magnuson</b></a></span> (Director, NSF NRT training = program in Science of Learning & Art of Communication). = Neurobiology and psychology of language; spoken language understanding; = computational modeling; language and learning over the lifespan; science = communication.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; = line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); = min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; = color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D""><span style=3D"text-decoration: = underline ; color: #0563c1" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://psych.uconn.edu/person/emil" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Emily Myers</b></a></span> (Co-Director, NIH training program = in the Cognitive Neuroscience of</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: = rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D"">Communication). Speech perception; = cognitive neuroscience of speech and language; aphasia; second language = acquisition.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; = line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); = min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; = color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D""><span style=3D"text-decoration: = underline ; color: #0563c1" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://haskinslabs.org/people" class=3D""><b class=3D"">Ken = Pugh</b></a></span> (President, Haskins Laboratories). Reading; reading = disorders; neurobiology of language.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: = rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"text-decoration: underline ; color: #0563c1" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://psych.uconn.edu/person/jay-rueckl/" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Jay Rueckl</b></a></span> Neurobiology and psychology of = reading; implicit and explicit memory;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: = rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D"">statistical learning; computational = modeling and dynamical systems.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: = rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"text-decoration: underline ; color: #0563c1" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://psych.uconn.edu/person/whitney-tabor/" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Whit Tabor</b></a></span><b class=3D""> </b>Sentence = processing; theory of grammar; dynamical systems; neural networks; = language change; group coordination.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: = rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"text-decoration: underline ; color: #0563c1" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://psych.uconn.edu/person/eiling-yee/" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Eiling Yee</b></a></span> Semantic memory and the neural = representation of concepts; spoken word recognition and = situated/embodied language processing.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: = rgb(32, 31, 30); min-height: 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; = font-family: Times; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class=3D"">Next steps: = Contact a potential faculty advisor from the list above, explore <a = href=3D"https://uconn.edu/" class=3D""><span style=3D"color: rgb(5, 99, = 193);" class=3D"">UConn</span></a><span style=3D"color: #0000ef" = class=3D""> </span>and the <a = href=3D"https://grad.uconn.edu/admissions/apply-to-uconn/" = class=3D""><span style=3D"color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=3D"">application = procedure</span></a>. Application deadline:<span style=3D"color: = #0000ef" class=3D""> </span>December 1, 2020.</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_E8D325D5-6C44-4B31-8C55-579F14A02C45--